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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:10,590 --> 00:00:12,970 - danger strikes when you least expect it. 2 00:00:13,050 --> 00:00:14,470 - [indistinct] - [indistinct] 3 00:00:14,550 --> 00:00:16,300 - it can happen at any time... 4 00:00:16,390 --> 00:00:18,180 [bullet whooshes] 5 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:20,140 anywhere, to anyone. 6 00:00:20,180 --> 00:00:21,930 [tires squeal, glass shatters] 7 00:00:22,020 --> 00:00:24,480 now survivors will come forward... 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,400 - When you have a gun in your face, 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,360 your life flashes before your eyes. 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,360 - To tell their emotional stories... 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,740 - I felt like it was just us three going against... 12 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:33,990 - Everything. 13 00:00:34,070 --> 00:00:37,070 - Taking us back to the moment of attack, 14 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,410 and how they survived. 15 00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:43,410 I'm gio benitez, and this is "I survived a crime." 16 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:46,000 - I broke down, I started crying, and I went out. 17 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,670 - Turned upside down... - Beat me and kicked me... 18 00:00:48,750 --> 00:00:51,500 - And my neck was pushed. - Took cabs everywhere. 19 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:53,710 - He thought I was somebody else. 20 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,590 - They knocked out my front tooth. 21 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,840 - And behind him was another man. 22 00:00:57,930 --> 00:01:00,850 [dramatic music] 23 00:01:00,930 --> 00:01:04,730 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:04,810 --> 00:01:07,810 - our first survivor was outnumbered two to one. 25 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:09,560 But his quick thinking and resolve 26 00:01:09,650 --> 00:01:11,900 may have ultimately saved his own life 27 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:15,400 and prevented others from getting hurt. 28 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,740 It's the overnight shift at this gas station 29 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:20,910 and convenience store in huntsville, alabama. 30 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:25,370 At 3:15 a.M., a customer drops by and buys a banana. 31 00:01:25,410 --> 00:01:27,250 He leaves and then returns. 32 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,880 After a few words with the clerk, 33 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:35,210 it becomes clear what he really wants is the money. 34 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:38,220 [tense music] 35 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:41,850 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:41,930 --> 00:01:44,060 the attacker pulls out a knife. 37 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:49,560 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:49,650 --> 00:01:52,480 and it's met by the clerk's machete. 39 00:01:52,570 --> 00:01:53,860 ♪ ♪ 40 00:01:53,940 --> 00:01:55,440 in the middle of the battle, 41 00:01:55,530 --> 00:01:57,110 the clerk hits the button on the wall 42 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,570 that electronically locks the front door. 43 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:01,660 The suspect is trapped. 44 00:02:01,740 --> 00:02:03,780 ♪ ♪ 45 00:02:03,870 --> 00:02:05,450 [glass shatters] 46 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,750 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:07,830 --> 00:02:10,620 outside the store is a female accomplice. 48 00:02:10,670 --> 00:02:12,840 And before the clerk knows what's happening, 49 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,210 she starts engaging him. 50 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:18,260 Meanwhile, the original suspect 51 00:02:18,340 --> 00:02:20,340 has used the diversion of his accomplice 52 00:02:20,430 --> 00:02:23,350 to go back into the store to get the cash. 53 00:02:23,430 --> 00:02:26,810 ♪ ♪ 54 00:02:26,890 --> 00:02:29,850 back outside, the clerk has turned his attention 55 00:02:29,940 --> 00:02:32,150 to the suspect's car. 56 00:02:32,230 --> 00:02:34,190 [glass shattering] 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:40,990 ♪ ♪ 58 00:02:41,030 --> 00:02:43,370 the goal, he later told the cops, 59 00:02:43,450 --> 00:02:46,120 was to make the car easier for police to identify. 60 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,330 ♪ ♪ 61 00:02:48,410 --> 00:02:50,620 the male suspect takes the cash 62 00:02:50,710 --> 00:02:55,290 and goes to the defense of his car and his accomplice. 63 00:02:55,380 --> 00:02:56,670 [glass shatters] 64 00:02:56,710 --> 00:03:02,180 ♪ ♪ 65 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:04,180 they flee the scene. 66 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:07,350 Incredibly, no one was seriously injured that night, 67 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:09,680 including the clerk. 68 00:03:09,770 --> 00:03:12,230 The suspects, 32-year-old seth holcomb 69 00:03:12,310 --> 00:03:14,860 and 33-year-old laney nicholson 70 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:19,030 both pled guilty and received three years' probation. 71 00:03:19,070 --> 00:03:20,780 The police recognized their car 72 00:03:20,860 --> 00:03:23,360 due to its very obvious damage. 73 00:03:23,410 --> 00:03:25,370 ♪ ♪ 74 00:03:25,450 --> 00:03:27,700 drive-by shootings have taken the lives 75 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:30,290 of more innocent victims than ever before. 76 00:03:30,370 --> 00:03:32,370 Our next survivor experienced 77 00:03:32,460 --> 00:03:36,040 the often deadly phenomenon firsthand. 78 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:37,880 It's just before 1:00 a.M. 79 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,050 On a quiet Wednesday evening in louisville, kentucky. 80 00:03:41,090 --> 00:03:43,380 Real estate agent patrick hemmerle 81 00:03:43,470 --> 00:03:46,430 is picking up some extra cash as a rideshare driver. 82 00:03:46,510 --> 00:03:48,560 He's about to drop off his passengers 83 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,180 at a recording studio in downtown louisville. 84 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:54,390 Along the way, he is listening to their music. 85 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,740 [tense music] 86 00:04:14,290 --> 00:04:17,000 I decided to just go ahead and run this one last ride, 87 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:19,590 and I kinda had a bad feeling. 88 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:21,840 And I probably should have listened to my gut. 89 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,090 I started the trip and saw that it ran straight downtown, 90 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:26,640 and, you know, just started heading that way. 91 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,930 As I rounded the corner, 92 00:04:28,970 --> 00:04:31,600 I noticed a vehicle stopped behind another vehicle. 93 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,230 The light had just turned green. 94 00:04:33,310 --> 00:04:35,270 My brain was telling me 95 00:04:35,310 --> 00:04:37,230 something was off about that vehicle. 96 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,060 As I start slowing down, 97 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:40,770 the car just kinda paced us for a second, 98 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:42,610 fell back, sped up, 99 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:45,280 and just started unloading on us for no apparent reason. 100 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,490 [gunshots ringing] 101 00:04:47,570 --> 00:04:50,490 [tense music] 102 00:04:50,580 --> 00:04:51,830 ♪ ♪ 103 00:04:51,910 --> 00:04:53,750 I saw the muzzle flash. 104 00:04:53,830 --> 00:04:56,580 The passenger was shooting out the top of the car, 105 00:04:56,630 --> 00:04:59,250 just firing wildly out the window. 106 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:02,460 - The shots were fired back towards patrick's truck 107 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:06,010 as the car pulled away, the license plate obscured. 108 00:05:06,090 --> 00:05:07,550 - It took me about two shots 109 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,140 to really recognize that it was gunshots, 110 00:05:09,220 --> 00:05:11,260 and when I looked over, the third or fourth shot 111 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:12,970 came through my windshield. 112 00:05:13,020 --> 00:05:15,520 And that's when a blast of 113 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,480 glass shards and shrapnel exploded in my face. 114 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:22,400 Then I just had a huge adrenaline dump. 115 00:05:46,630 --> 00:05:49,340 I knew the bullet crashed into the cabin, 116 00:05:49,430 --> 00:05:51,090 and I didn't know where it went, 117 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:56,310 and I was just trying to assess if I'd been hit or not. 118 00:05:56,350 --> 00:05:58,270 I've never been shot before. 119 00:05:58,350 --> 00:06:01,400 And the bullet actually bounced right in front of my face. 120 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,360 - Patrick and his passengers are okay. 121 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,320 The suspects are still at large. 122 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,070 It's amazing that his truck was only hit twice, 123 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,330 considering how many shots were fired. 124 00:06:13,370 --> 00:06:15,540 - I counted probably 15 or 16. 125 00:06:15,580 --> 00:06:18,710 It was definitely a full magazine. 126 00:06:18,790 --> 00:06:21,880 - Patrick, who still has the nearly-lethal souvenir, 127 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,920 is both philosophical and practical. 128 00:06:25,010 --> 00:06:26,590 - I don't know why they did it. 129 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:29,380 I was mad for a few days. 130 00:06:29,470 --> 00:06:33,390 But then I decided I had to forgive them 131 00:06:33,470 --> 00:06:35,390 and just hope that those young men 132 00:06:35,430 --> 00:06:38,180 make better decisions as they move forward, 133 00:06:38,270 --> 00:06:41,020 because you make enough bad decisions, 134 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:43,150 you're gonna have a bad life. 135 00:06:46,530 --> 00:06:49,190 - So I'm probably done with the whole rideshare thing. 136 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,860 I'm just gonna focus on real estate more. 137 00:06:51,950 --> 00:06:54,910 - Patrick credits his calm under fire 138 00:06:54,950 --> 00:06:58,200 to the fact that he plays a lot of video games. 139 00:07:00,460 --> 00:07:03,710 Lot 140 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:07,710 involving a bank, a boyfriend, and a beating. 141 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,090 Cypress, texas. 142 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:13,510 As this woman is about to step inside for family business, 143 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,510 a car pulls up. 144 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,720 This man is pursuing a hot tip, 145 00:07:18,810 --> 00:07:21,560 and he wants the victim's purse. 146 00:07:21,650 --> 00:07:24,060 [ominous music] 147 00:07:24,150 --> 00:07:26,400 ♪ ♪ 148 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,230 he pulls her toward the getaway vehicle. 149 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,400 ♪ ♪ 150 00:07:31,490 --> 00:07:33,490 the woman's husband hears the commotion 151 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:35,410 and rushes to her aid. 152 00:07:35,450 --> 00:07:37,740 He tries to defend his wife. 153 00:07:37,830 --> 00:07:40,790 ♪ ♪ 154 00:07:40,830 --> 00:07:44,080 the woman frees herself and runs for her life. 155 00:07:44,170 --> 00:07:47,250 Meanwhile, a getaway car circles the building. 156 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:50,760 One suspect pursues the woman. 157 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,590 Her husband mounts a quick counterattack. 158 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,760 What the business owners don't know 159 00:07:56,850 --> 00:08:00,060 is that their bank teller dates one of their assailants, 160 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:02,310 and she's tipped them off to the fact 161 00:08:02,390 --> 00:08:04,100 that earlier that day, the woman made 162 00:08:04,190 --> 00:08:08,610 a $75,000 cash withdrawal. 163 00:08:08,690 --> 00:08:10,780 The attackers aren't about to walk away 164 00:08:10,860 --> 00:08:13,110 from that kind of money. 165 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:18,490 ♪ ♪ 166 00:08:18,580 --> 00:08:20,660 the woman clings to her bag 167 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,120 and is dragged across hot asphalt. 168 00:08:23,210 --> 00:08:24,830 ♪ ♪ 169 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,250 her husband punches one assailant. 170 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:29,790 [engine revs] 171 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,340 ♪ ♪ 172 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:36,010 the woman is wedged under the rear bumper 173 00:08:36,050 --> 00:08:38,970 and the attack comes to a terrifying conclusion. 174 00:08:39,060 --> 00:08:40,810 ♪ ♪ 175 00:08:40,850 --> 00:08:43,680 [engine revs] 176 00:08:43,730 --> 00:08:47,650 the couple is injured but still alive and fighting. 177 00:08:47,730 --> 00:08:51,820 [engine revs] 178 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:53,990 but they ultimately lose the bag. 179 00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:55,360 ♪ ♪ 180 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:57,320 after the attack, 181 00:08:57,410 --> 00:09:00,120 the woman is hospitalized in critical condition. 182 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,200 Her husband is treated for minor injuries at the scene. 183 00:09:03,250 --> 00:09:05,160 Both make a full recovery. 184 00:09:05,250 --> 00:09:07,210 ♪ ♪ 185 00:09:07,290 --> 00:09:09,380 police arrest shelby taylor wyse, 186 00:09:09,420 --> 00:09:12,050 davis mitchell, and travonn johnson. 187 00:09:12,130 --> 00:09:15,220 Wyse, the bank teller, masterminded the robbery 188 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:18,010 and recruited johnson and mitchell to help. 189 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:20,220 Mitchell and johnson are arrested and charged 190 00:09:20,310 --> 00:09:22,890 with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. 191 00:09:22,930 --> 00:09:25,890 Wyse is arrested for felony robbery. 192 00:09:25,980 --> 00:09:29,230 All three are awaiting sentencing. 193 00:09:29,310 --> 00:09:32,570 Did you know that 30% of all home burglars 194 00:09:32,650 --> 00:09:35,280 enter houses through unlocked front doors? 195 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,320 Our next survivors are 100% positive 196 00:09:38,410 --> 00:09:41,580 it doesn't always end well for the intruder. 197 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:47,210 It's 1:30 in the morning at this home in idaho falls. 198 00:09:47,290 --> 00:09:49,540 Time for lounging, watching a little tv, 199 00:09:49,630 --> 00:09:51,380 and checking your phone. 200 00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:53,380 You would hope that anyone who comes calling 201 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:56,880 at this hour is family or a friend. 202 00:09:56,970 --> 00:09:59,050 Not this time. 203 00:10:02,180 --> 00:10:04,760 - I'm caspian shamel. - And I'm isabelle shamel. 204 00:10:04,850 --> 00:10:07,430 - And we survived a home invasion robbery. 205 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,270 - We just got home from a date and I was pretty tired, 206 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,980 and I was just scrolling through my phone, 207 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:15,070 halfway watching the documentary. 208 00:10:15,150 --> 00:10:17,280 - We went out and did one of those escape rooms, 209 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,280 so we were pretty tuckered out from that, ready to relax. 210 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,950 - And then I just hear a loud bang, 211 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:24,910 and the door flies open. 212 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,950 - I've got a couple of roommates that live downstairs 213 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,080 so having people come in and out 214 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:31,460 at all hours of the night isn't super odd. 215 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:34,630 But I kinda noticed him and I did a double take. 216 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:38,760 - I just didn't know what was happening at first. 217 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,590 I was just in shock. 218 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,300 - The intruder orders caspian to take a seat. 219 00:10:43,350 --> 00:10:45,970 Then he turns his attention and his shotgun 220 00:10:46,060 --> 00:10:48,980 toward caspian's fiancée on the couch. 221 00:10:49,060 --> 00:10:50,850 - I definitely feared for my life 222 00:10:50,940 --> 00:10:52,940 whenever I saw that shotgun pointed at me. 223 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:55,150 I've never been in a situation 224 00:10:55,230 --> 00:10:57,820 where a loaded gun was pointed at my face. 225 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,990 And it was a shock, 226 00:11:00,030 --> 00:11:03,070 and kind of my life flashed before my eyes. 227 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,620 [tv in background] - get the [bleep] down. 228 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:08,660 [tense music] 229 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:11,580 ♪ ♪ 230 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:13,500 get up, [bleep]! 231 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:17,670 - Caspian reacts at once, grabbing the shotgun barrel. 232 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:19,170 - Instinct kicked in, 233 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:21,010 and I wasn't letting go of that shotgun. 234 00:11:21,090 --> 00:11:23,050 At that moment, I-- 235 00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:25,680 just straight adrenaline, I would say. 236 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,810 - Caspian knows his fiancée is still in the room. 237 00:11:28,890 --> 00:11:31,520 She rolls off the couch. He barks an order. 238 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,690 - [indistinct shout] 239 00:11:33,770 --> 00:11:34,940 I actually yelled for the roommate. 240 00:11:35,020 --> 00:11:36,400 [laughs] 241 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:37,650 and that was all I could muster out. 242 00:11:37,730 --> 00:11:40,360 [indistinct] now! 243 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:43,150 [suspenseful music] 244 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,990 ♪ ♪ 245 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,870 - caspian is actually being dragged down the stairs, 246 00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:52,080 still holding that death grip on the shotgun barrel 247 00:11:52,170 --> 00:11:56,250 as the intruder is now on his own version of an escape room. 248 00:11:56,340 --> 00:11:59,000 - I immediately, as soon as I felt safe enough, 249 00:11:59,090 --> 00:12:02,670 ran and called 911 and tried to help the best I could, 250 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:03,880 best I knew how. 251 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,180 Fully clear 252 00:12:10,270 --> 00:12:11,730 to this home invader... 253 00:12:13,980 --> 00:12:15,900 - I told him, "wrong house, buster!" 254 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:17,900 he was fully in agreement. 255 00:12:17,940 --> 00:12:19,070 As we hit the stairs, 256 00:12:19,150 --> 00:12:21,230 it was a change in power for sure. 257 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,450 He slipped, as it was icy. 258 00:12:23,530 --> 00:12:26,070 I overtook him, took the weapon away from him. 259 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,870 ♪ ♪ 260 00:12:27,950 --> 00:12:29,700 - the imminent threat is over, 261 00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:32,910 a moment for the couple to relax. 262 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,750 Caspian is now armed in self-defense, 263 00:12:35,790 --> 00:12:38,920 but hopefully won't need to use his weapons. 264 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,800 But two minutes later, an angry knock at the door 265 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,090 and an unbelievable request. 266 00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:45,630 - I open the door, 267 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,970 and he was asking for his shotgun back. 268 00:12:48,050 --> 00:12:49,930 And so we told him no, of course, 269 00:12:49,970 --> 00:12:51,720 and he tried to force his way back into the house. 270 00:12:54,350 --> 00:12:56,600 - The suspect finally fled the scene, 271 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:58,480 still without his shotgun, 272 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:00,940 which was loaded but never fired. 273 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:02,980 Caspian turned it over to the police 274 00:13:03,070 --> 00:13:05,950 as he relived the sickening events. 275 00:13:05,990 --> 00:13:07,410 - The police were almost arriving. 276 00:13:07,490 --> 00:13:08,910 I see sirens coming up, 277 00:13:08,990 --> 00:13:10,450 lights flashing around the block, 278 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,450 and he started heading back out the door again, 279 00:13:12,540 --> 00:13:15,210 and they intercepted him there by his vehicle, so... 280 00:13:15,290 --> 00:13:17,960 When the police showed up, then they wanted me to walk 281 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,630 through the situation with them, 282 00:13:19,710 --> 00:13:22,210 and I hadn't even really fully processed it yet. 283 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:25,510 I just got incredibly, incredibly adrenaline high. 284 00:13:25,590 --> 00:13:27,510 I mean, my whole entire body was shaking, 285 00:13:27,590 --> 00:13:30,680 I was sweating. My face was bright red. 286 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,640 And so I puked. 287 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,350 It kind of all washes over you. 288 00:13:34,430 --> 00:13:36,100 I mean, when you're in the midst of it, 289 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:38,190 you don't feel any of those things happening. 290 00:13:38,270 --> 00:13:40,480 But as soon as it kinda calms down, 291 00:13:40,570 --> 00:13:43,150 you're like, "holy crap. This is really pretty crazy." 292 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,570 - I'm just glad that you were there 293 00:13:45,650 --> 00:13:47,450 and you were able to take action so quickly. 294 00:13:47,530 --> 00:13:49,280 [uneasy music] 295 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:51,200 ♪ ♪ 296 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,580 and I felt safe before, but now I feel extra safe. 297 00:13:54,660 --> 00:13:56,790 I know that he'll protect me no matter what. 298 00:13:56,870 --> 00:14:01,040 - Having somebody to go through it with is certainly nice too. 299 00:14:01,130 --> 00:14:02,880 - Just days before this attack, 300 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,300 caspian and isabelle got engaged. 301 00:14:05,380 --> 00:14:07,090 They've since married 302 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:09,680 and tried to move on with their life together. 303 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,050 - It took me a while to be able to fully sleep 304 00:14:12,140 --> 00:14:13,810 without being super paranoid, 305 00:14:13,890 --> 00:14:15,470 that someone else was gonna break in 306 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,390 or something else is gonna happen. 307 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,520 - Arrested that night was 28-year-old eddie walker. 308 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:23,190 He pled guilty to aggravated battery, 309 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,990 and was sentenced to a maximum of 11 years in prison. 310 00:14:27,070 --> 00:14:30,700 The irony of the evening is not lost on these two, 311 00:14:30,740 --> 00:14:34,370 and serves as an important reminder for all of us. 312 00:14:34,450 --> 00:14:37,200 - We were watching a true crime documentary 313 00:14:37,290 --> 00:14:39,500 when this happened, and now we had to live through it. 314 00:14:39,540 --> 00:14:41,330 You know, you watch all those things 315 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,040 and you think you know what to do, 316 00:14:43,090 --> 00:14:44,420 and then it really happens, and you just 317 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,050 don't expect it to happen to you. 318 00:14:46,130 --> 00:14:48,210 - Yeah, we're definitely a lot more on our toes now. 319 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:50,630 - Mm-hmm. A lot more careful. 320 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,390 ♪ ♪ 321 00:14:52,430 --> 00:14:55,100 - experts say that a family-run business can strain 322 00:14:55,180 --> 00:14:58,220 physical, emotional, and financial relationships. 323 00:14:58,270 --> 00:15:02,400 But we met a family that pulled together when it mattered most. 324 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,900 Bergen county, new jersey. 325 00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:07,900 The vega family is hard at work in their smoke shop, 326 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:12,110 mom lisa and her children john and jas. 327 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,490 This man has been in the store for more than 30 minutes 328 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:18,240 before finally approaching the counter. 329 00:15:18,290 --> 00:15:19,870 The man kept talking about 330 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,920 how he could shoot john vega with his gun, 331 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,710 a flare gun he loaded right there on the counter. 332 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,420 [dynamic music] 333 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:35,760 - a man armed with a flare gun attempts to rob 334 00:15:35,810 --> 00:15:38,640 the vega family smoke shop, but lisa vega, 335 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:41,270 her son, and daughter fight him off. 336 00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:47,770 ♪ ♪ 337 00:15:48,780 --> 00:15:50,610 john grabs the flare gun 338 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:53,530 and sister jas jumps on the suspect's back. 339 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:57,950 ♪ ♪ 340 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,990 - [barking] 341 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,960 - the family dog offers support 342 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,460 from behind the counter as mom heads off to get help 343 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:06,790 from the store next door. 344 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,710 - [barking] 345 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,130 ♪ ♪ 346 00:16:11,170 --> 00:16:13,930 - john and jas neutralize their attacker 347 00:16:14,010 --> 00:16:15,890 and hold him for police. 348 00:16:15,970 --> 00:16:18,470 Gabriel velez was arrested and charged 349 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,930 with robbery, weapons violations, 350 00:16:21,020 --> 00:16:22,810 and resisting arrest. 351 00:16:22,890 --> 00:16:25,350 Charges are pending. 352 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,230 Just an unbelievable experience. 353 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,610 Lisa vega joins us now. Lisa, thank you for being here. 354 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,190 - Thank you for having me. 355 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,900 - What was going through your mind? 356 00:16:33,990 --> 00:16:36,110 I mean, he was in that store for, what, half an hour? 357 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,080 - He came in very quiet. He had a hoodie. 358 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,290 He kinda kept his head down. He was very soft-spoken. 359 00:16:42,370 --> 00:16:44,410 And then he just started saying just, like, 360 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,210 really weird things. 361 00:16:46,290 --> 00:16:48,670 He kept kinda, like, patting his chest and saying 362 00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:51,670 he had a gun and he can take the gun out and shoot us. 363 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,300 When he said that, like, my brain just panicked. 364 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:58,680 - And it almost looks like your son is telling him something. 365 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,350 - My son is just kinda trying to gauge the situation. 366 00:17:01,430 --> 00:17:03,390 It happened so fast 367 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,060 that we all just, like, reacted. 368 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:08,190 Making a predetermination 369 00:17:08,270 --> 00:17:11,730 as to how you will handle a given situation 370 00:17:11,820 --> 00:17:14,530 and being in that situation-- two totally different animals. 371 00:17:14,610 --> 00:17:16,030 You know what I mean? So it's, like-- 372 00:17:16,110 --> 00:17:17,360 - yeah, there's no way to plan. - Right. 373 00:17:17,410 --> 00:17:19,120 - I mean, for you, as a mom, 374 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,620 watching this happen with your kids... 375 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:24,830 - I just wanted to kinda get in there and help them. 376 00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:28,540 I just wanted to get the guy down and away from my children. 377 00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:30,840 - At that moment, you must've been scared. 378 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,380 - Looking at them in that situation, 379 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:35,550 it was extremely, extremely scary. 380 00:17:35,590 --> 00:17:38,050 Things could have happened in the blink of an eye. 381 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:40,510 If he had been allowed to load that flare gun-- 382 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,140 in the back of the counter where my son was standing, 383 00:17:43,220 --> 00:17:46,680 it was a shelf that was filled with butane. 384 00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:48,390 - Wow. 385 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,520 - So put two and two together, that's very scary. 386 00:17:50,610 --> 00:17:53,900 But very proud of the way, you know, 387 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:55,740 they handled it, and thankfully, 388 00:17:55,820 --> 00:17:57,320 you know, we all survived. 389 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:58,820 [chuckles] - and what about the dog? 390 00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:00,410 Is the dog guarding the store now? 391 00:18:00,490 --> 00:18:02,660 - Mm, no, he's not. He's not. 392 00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:04,740 He just didn't know what to do, the poor dog. 393 00:18:04,830 --> 00:18:07,410 He's not a vicious dog, but he could be. 394 00:18:07,460 --> 00:18:10,080 - How did this experience affect your family? 395 00:18:10,170 --> 00:18:11,580 - I think it stays with you, 396 00:18:11,630 --> 00:18:13,000 you know, for the rest of your life. 397 00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:15,300 There are still days when we hear the bell 398 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:16,960 and a customer walks into the store 399 00:18:17,050 --> 00:18:18,720 and we kinda get that feeling, 400 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,260 you know, like, that anxiousness. 401 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:22,260 I don't think that that ever goes away. 402 00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:25,680 - What would you, like other people watching this today, 403 00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:27,390 what would you like them to learn about this? 404 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,770 - You just have to be-- 405 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:32,770 always be aware of your surroundings, 406 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:34,900 you know, and just be mindful, 407 00:18:34,940 --> 00:18:36,940 and I think that's all you can do. 408 00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:39,240 I don't think you can literally live your life, you know, 409 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,860 kind of base your life around this 410 00:18:40,950 --> 00:18:42,700 from like a fear factor perspective. 411 00:18:42,780 --> 00:18:44,490 I think you have to just move on. 412 00:18:44,580 --> 00:18:45,830 - All right, lisa vega, 413 00:18:45,910 --> 00:18:47,290 thank you so much for joining us. 414 00:18:47,370 --> 00:18:49,250 - Thank you so much for having me. 415 00:18:49,330 --> 00:18:50,620 - So there you have it. 416 00:18:50,710 --> 00:18:52,960 - [grunts] 417 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,880 - survival and strength... 418 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,460 - Whoa! 419 00:18:56,550 --> 00:18:58,380 - Caught on camera. 420 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:01,800 I'm gio benitez, and this is "I survived a crime." 421 00:19:01,890 --> 00:19:03,800 thanks for watching. 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