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- danger strikes
when you least expect it.
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- What are you doing?
- Get that [bleep]!
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- It can happen at any time...
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- Ooh.
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- Anywhere, to anyone.
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[tires screeching]
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now survivors
will come forward...
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- When you have a gun
in your face,
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your life flashes
before your eyes.
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- To tell their emotional stories...
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- I felt like it was just us three going against...
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- Everything.
- Yeah.
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- Taking us back
to the moment of attack
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and how they survived.
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I'm gio benitez, and this is
"I survived a crime."
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- I broke down, and I started crying,
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and I went...
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- Turned upside down... - Beat me and kicked me...
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- And my neck was crushed. - Took cabs everywhere.
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- He thought I was somebody else.
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- They knocked out my front tooth.
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- And behind him was another man.
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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- every driver has experienced
at least one bad encounter
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with an unruly passenger,
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which is why many
are installing dashcams
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to protect themselves
against false accusations.
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Our first survivor's
dashcam video
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helped put his attacker
behind bars.
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Palm coast, florida.
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This driver is on a seemingly normal ride.
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In the back seat are three passengers, two men,
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one of whom has a seven-year-old son with them.
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They are not all visible.
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- The driver has placed a plastic partition
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to protect everyone from the covid-19 virus.
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But his passenger refuses to believe
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the driver put up the barrier himself.
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- The back door is open and beeping.
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- The two men in the back scheme something.
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- Then they pounce.
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[tires screeching]
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- the passenger in the back seat jumps out
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with the terrified seven-year-old child.
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- Ahh! Stop! Ahh!
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- The driver pursues his assailant
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but quickly hops back in car when he sees it rolling.
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- Continue on [indistinct].
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- Hey, police!
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- Meanwhile, the other passenger
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tries to convince bystanders
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that they're the ones being attacked.
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But the dashcam reveals the truth.
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- The driver suffers minor injuries.
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Police arrest 36-year-old travis smith,
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who is visibly intoxicated.
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He is charged with battery,
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contributing to the delinquency of a child,
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and burglary of an occupied conveyance.
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The charges are pending,
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and the suspect was released on bail.
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Earning a living as a driver
can be dangerous.
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The homicide rate for drivers
is about 30 times higher
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than the national homicide
average for all workers,
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including police officers
and security guards.
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Spokane, washington.
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Lee allen and his two children are out on an errand.
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- I was gonna run to the store
and grab a pair of work pants.
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Max and lexi said they wanted
to ride.
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We made a quick stop out of it.
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- But as they leave the store,
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the allens are confronted by this woman.
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- My name is lee allen.
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This is my son.
- Max.
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- This is my daughter.
- Lexi.
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- And we survived a crime.
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My initial thought when I saw her was,
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I'm not gonna even pay her any attention.
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'cause I know this is our car.
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Get your [bleep] ass
out my way!
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It started to get more serious
when my dad told me
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to start recording.
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- Press 911.
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- Max, call.
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More people started coming
to the car.
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We couldn't go anywhere.
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- She started yelling,
and it kind of seemed like
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it woke up the rest
of the street people.
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It almost was like an invitation
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to come join in.
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- This man puts a menacing hand in his pocket.
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- I thought maybe he had a gun.
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I don't know if this guy
has a gun,
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but I also don't want
to make a move
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and one of my kids get hurt.
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I'm a business owner.
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I've got a big family.
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I've got a lot to lose
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if I make a wrong decision
in life,
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so I always try to stay
on the right side of the law.
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- But a new bystander is on the scene.
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- Yeah, I'm at the--actually,
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I'm at the intersection
of sprague and...
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[inaudible].
Yeah.
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I slammed the door on him
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and tried to keep
my kids safe and think,
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"what's the next-best move?"
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listen up.
- Dad.
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- [bleep].
Get out of the car.
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Get out of the [bleep] car.
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- This is not her [bleep] car.
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- Don't slam my hand
in a [bleep] door.
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- This is not her [bleep] car.
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- Dad. Dad.
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- Hold this.
- Get out.
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- Hello. We need help.
- [sobbing]
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- the allens' car takes a pummeling.
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- [sobbing]
oh, dad.
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Dad.
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Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
Oh, my...
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- I felt it was just us three
going against...
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- Everything.
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Oh, my god.
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Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
Dad.
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Dad. Ohh.
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- I can't see anything.
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They're using bikes
to hit my car.
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They're trying to open
my doors.
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I've got two kids
in the car with me.
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- [inaudible].
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- My name is lee, lee allen.
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- Lee, are you still there or did you drive away?
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- I drove off,
because they're hitting my car,
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and I feel threatened
for my life.
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- As they flee, the allens are being pursued.
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I was very scared.
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- It's all right, baby.
- I don't want to...
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[sobbing]
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- can we just get a minute?
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- Yeah,
take all the time you need.
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- The local city police
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initially started dealing
with me.
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They immediately wanted proof
of the vehicle's registration,
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my license.
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They're asking me if I have weapons.
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I'm trying to let them know we're the victims.
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I felt like I was more
or less profiled.
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Then the sheriffs came
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and told us they would
investigate it.
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I felt...Wasn't justice.
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I felt that the magnitude of the situation
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wasn't being addressed
appropriately.
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So I decided to--
to address it and--
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and make people aware myself.
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- Lee posts the video, and it goes viral.
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- Back, daddy.
He's behind you.
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- People reached out
and knew who
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a few of the people were
that were attacking us.
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Whatever information they had
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that I later relayed
to the police.
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- The motorcyclist claims he followed lee
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to make sure the man on his hood
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didn't fall off.
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The police don't charge the motorcyclist.
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The woman who started it all
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gets a disorderly conduct charge.
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They couldn't find anybody else
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that caused damage
to the vehicle.
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And that pretty much
was the end of it.
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- The allens still struggle to process the attack.
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I grew up with no parents,
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and so I've always been
trying to be
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the best dad I could be
to my kids.
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And it--it's just hard
to think about it.
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- When I think of everything that happened,
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it brings back
how scared I was.
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- Oh,
I think I handled it well.
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We held ourselves with a lot of composure
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and remained calm.
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- The allens all agree that the attack
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has brought them even closer.
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- I'm truly blessed
that he's my father.
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I love him.
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I love him to the deepest
in my heart.
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- He's an inspiration to me,
actually.
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And he keeps the family together.
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Than 1 million
home invasions
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in this country every year.
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It is the violation
of that very personal space
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that can accelerate
the survival instinct.
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♪ ♪
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it's 3:43 in the morning
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at this home in gwinnett county, georgia.
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Inside a local restaurant manager
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is sleeping in one room, her male housemate in another
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when three men, guns drawn, bust in
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and start casing the place.
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The house is stacked to the ceiling
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with boxes and restaurant supplies.
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♪ ♪
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one [inaudible] even turns on a light
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making it easier to see the suspects
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on the homeowner's high-tech surveillance cameras.
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[line trilling]
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- the homeowner wakes up and calls 911.
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[dial tone droning]
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but is disconnected.
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The homeowner comes out of the back bedroom
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and stares down the barrel of the gun
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pointed at her face.
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♪ ♪
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[gunshots]
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one of the suspects escapes
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by running through a glass door
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at the rear of the house.
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The other two scramble to get out the front door.
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[gunshots]
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as the dust settles, the terrified homeowner
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and her guest take stock of what just happened.
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She gives her now empty gun to her friend...
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[line trilling]
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and finally connects with 911.
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- In the end, the two survived without injuries,
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and nothing was stolen.
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Police arrive to find that one of the intruders--
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the man in the black wig-- was shot.
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He died in the driveway of the home.
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Another suspect, bernard little,
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was recently arrested.
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He was charged with felony murder,
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and his trial is pending.
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38% of all assaults take place
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during home invasion crimes.
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[gunshots]
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los angeles, california.
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- My name's carl swanson,
and I survived an assault.
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- It's just after 6:00 a.M.
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Carl swanson opens his business,
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the laundry room.
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But his business is plagued by a big problem,
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a bar next door,
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whose customers invade the laundromat.
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I've had to call the police,
like,
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well over 150 times
in the last 5 years.
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And they would go
to our counter
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and want to do lines of coke.
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Then if we asked them to leave,
then they would want to fight.
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Sometimes they would lift
their shirt up,
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show us a gun or a knife.
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- And on this morning carl faces yet another threat,
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two customers from the bar next door.
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They were actually here for
revenge for three weeks prior,
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because I had kicked them out
of the laundromat.
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- Carl steps outside.
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I tried to lock the door, and it has an automatic lock.
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But the lock wouldn't catch on the door.
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♪ ♪
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carl swanson's ongoing feud
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with the neighboring bar's
belligerent patrons
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has taken a turn for the worse.
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The female assailant unleashes on carl.
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She bit my back and took a chunk
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out of my back.
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♪ ♪
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the fight spills outside,
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where a male and female bystander
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try to figure out what's going on.
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Eventually, they realize carl is under attack.
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Together they try to help him,
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while the female suspect beats carl with a broomstick.
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- And they tried to stop it.
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I was afraid of--
of what was gonna happen.
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- Carl is rushed to the hospital
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and is treated for multiple injuries.
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All this was broke.
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I had a stitch--
a liquid stitch here.
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♪ ♪
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and my whole face was, like,
you couldn't even see my eye.
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My eye was just, like, swollen shut.
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I had blood everywhere.
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- Carl still deals with lingering health issues
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from the attack.
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I have several back injuries.
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I wake up every morning
in pain.
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♪ ♪
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- and his assailants are still on the loose.
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- It drives me crazy every day,
because I know--
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because they haven't
been caught.
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- Despite everything, carl is staying put.
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- I love all of the people
that I work with here.
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I would never want to move.
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It would help
if all the businesses
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could come together
and chip in
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and pay for the security here.
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Now I keep my doors locked
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whenever I go to work and come in early.
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Plus,
I have a very big dog now.
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This is buddy right here.
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- Carl says his dog buddy is a silver lining.
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It was actually worth
that happening
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for me to get the dog.
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Good boy.
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There we go.
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- The cranky old man stereotype
can often elicit laughs.
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But what happened
to our next survivor
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at the hands
of an irate elderly man
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is far from funny.
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An unexpected encounter
almost cost him his life.
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Las vegas, nevada.
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It's 9:10 a.M.
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An elderly man walks into an apartment management office
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to complain about his flooded apartment.
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A female office worker is behind the desk.
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Her supervisor is nearby.
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The elderly man is irate and threatens them.
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The woman discretely presses a panic button
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beneath her desk and dials 911.
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- The man fires a round.
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It rips through a computer.
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[gunshot]
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- the woman begs for her life.
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♪ ♪
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- the man allows her to go
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but holds her colleague at gunpoint.
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He orders him to stay seated, then he takes aim.
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♪ ♪
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nigsberg
is held at gunpoint
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by an irate tenant who is brandishing a gun.
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[gunshot]
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augh! Ahh!
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- Ahh!
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- The man doesn't flee.
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He takes aim again.
335
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Please. Ohh!
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Ow!
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[gunshot]
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ow!
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- Ow!
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- Ow! Ow! Ohh!
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- Police arrive.
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They fire a shot shattering the glass door.
343
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[glass shattering]
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- drop the gun!
Drop it now!
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- Drop it.
- Drop it!
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- A bullet grazes 93-year-old robert thomas.
347
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He is arrested and charged with attempted murder
348
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with a deadly weapon,
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kidnapping with a deadly weapon,
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discharge of a firearm within a structure,
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burglary with a firearm,
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and carrying a concealed weapon.
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A little over four months later,
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he died of congestive heart failure.
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The victim makes a full recovery.
356
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And eric joins us now.
357
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Eric, thank you so much
for being here.
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- You're welcome.
Thank you for having me.
359
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- Eric, this is no doubt
a horrifying situation
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that you survived.
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Tell us what happened
off camera with robert thomas.
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- He came into my office upset
about a situation
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in his apartment,
confronted me in my office,
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which was a small space,
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and I wanted to get him out
into an open space,
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'cause I just--
I just knew he was off.
367
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- You mentioned that you saw a certain look in his eyes.
368
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What was that look?
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- It was a look like
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he didn't recognize
who I was.
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He'd come and pay his rent
every month for five years.
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And he just didn't look the same.
373
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- What was going through
your mind that moment
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when you saw that gun?
375
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- Everything, like, slowed down a little.
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It was a big gun.
377
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Well, it looked big to me.
378
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I just knew I had to take
control of the situation
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and do what I could.
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- And kelly,
your assistant manager,
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pushed that panic button, and she called 911.
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- She saved my life
by doing that.
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And I tell her that
whenever I see her.
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She saved my life.
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- We saw that right after that gunshot,
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that's when police arrived.
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Do you feel this could have been worse?
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- Yeah, I do.
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If kelly didn't push the panic button,
390
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and if she didn't call 911
when he wasn't looking
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and put the phone down
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so 911 was able
to hear everything,
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if all those things
didn't happen,
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I think he would have
shot me again.
395
00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,640
- Do you forgive him
for what happened?
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- No, I do not.
397
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- This happened
less than a year ago.
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How are you doing right now
with your recovery?
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- I am fine.
400
00:19:16,860 --> 00:19:18,610
I mean, I go out.
401
00:19:18,650 --> 00:19:20,150
I do two-mile walks.
402
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,700
I don't have a limp anymore.
403
00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:23,410
I'm good.
404
00:19:23,490 --> 00:19:25,160
- You know, what I think is fascinating
405
00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:26,620
is that you went right back
to work; you didn't hesitate.
406
00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,500
- Well, I--I told the owner
of the property
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00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:32,290
that as soon as I could put
my socks on by myself,
408
00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,040
I'll come back to work.
409
00:19:34,130 --> 00:19:36,790
And it took about two months
to get the right sock on.
410
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,460
- You got those socks on.
411
00:19:38,550 --> 00:19:40,170
- Yeah.
- [laughs]
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your clip went viral.
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00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:42,840
How do you feel about people
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00:19:42,930 --> 00:19:45,050
who watch viral videos
like that
415
00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:48,100
and don't realize there are
real people behind them?
416
00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:52,310
- Reality and fantasy,
they--they intertwine a lot.
417
00:19:52,350 --> 00:19:55,690
And so, you know, it was real.
418
00:19:55,730 --> 00:19:57,900
It was real to me,
and to tell you the truth,
419
00:19:57,980 --> 00:19:59,780
I haven't seen the video.
420
00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:02,240
I have not looked at it,
and I don't want to.
421
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,200
I lived it.
422
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,740
- Eric,
thank goodness you're okay.
423
00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,280
Thank you so much
for joining us.
424
00:20:07,370 --> 00:20:09,200
- Thank you for having me.
425
00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:11,160
- So there you have it...
[gunshot]
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00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:15,250
survival and strength caught on camera.
427
00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,790
I'm gio benitez, and this is
"I survived a crime."
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00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,380
thanks for watching.
Stay safe.
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