A Pizza Hut employee took on three armed suspects who were attempting to rob the
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Demetrius Carnegie wasn't even working at the time. He was visiting his sister, who
also works at the Pizza Hut, when three masked men entered with guns, demanding
money. Carnegie sprung into action, attacking
the robbers until they just left the store with nothing. Now that's the hero
in my eyes. He told the local Fox affiliate: "Through my head it was just 'go
into security mode' and take care of what I gotta take care of."
At one point Demetrius shoved an entire rack of pizza boxes down on the three
teenage bandits. They had enough, jumped the counter, and fled as startled
employees looked on. I mean I give this guy credit. He's got balls. He literally
does have balls, but mental balls. I mean this is some mind over matter sh*t
because I would think like if I put a bunch of pizza boxes in front of me the
gun they could just shoot it through the pizza boxes. And the police are also
hailing Carnegie as a hero. At any given time at least one was pointing a weapon
at him. They were demanding money. He did not
stop. And Carnegie isn't the first employee to find themselves capable of
remarkable bravery. Here are some of our other favorite Ordinary Employee
Heroes. Tina Ring and daughter Ashley Lee
thwarted an attempted robbery of their liquor store in February. It looks like
he's about to get away with it, but watch as the crook turns away the
mother-daughter duo grabs guns of their own. He wrestles her gun away, pistol
whips her, and tries to go after her daughter, Ashley Lee. But the mother and
daughter got off a shot against the robber who then escaped driving himself
to the hospital. He was briefly in critical condition and is now being held
on a $1 million dollar bond. Authorities suspect he's been responsible for 10
robberies in Oklahoma this year. And the incident seems to have strengthened Tina
and Ashley's bond. She was all I could think about. She saved my life.
You saved my life. Good on this mother and daughter duo.
If this happened with me and my mom I'd be like okay we're gonna do something
about it. My mom would be like, "Oh my God. No!" My mom's just an amazing, neurotic Jew. She could barely
handle it when like we're in a dark alley. Next up in Denver, a 16-year-old
employee of clothing store Plato's Closet was assaulted by a robber and
dragged into a back room. He grabbed my arm like this and twisted it. The 16-year-
old didn't see a weapon, but says she could feel it, so on instinct she took
the robber to where the money was. The teens co-worker WonDrae Hart was back
there and reacted quickly. When he came into the doorway he like bumped her, had
her, and when I saw that I just reacted. That reaction turned into a fight. He
moved the girl out of harm's way into a closet. We start tussling out. I was
hitting him. The clip also has one of the funniest local news reenactments we have
ever seen. Mitch, can you play that again?
Yeah. Yeah I could play it again. Just give me
a second.
That reaction turned into a fight. He moved the girl out of harm's way into a
closet. Much respect to Fox 31 Denver. Do whatever it takes to get the shot.
A teen girl and her mother are calling Hart a hero, and there was a GoFundMe
page up to raise money for his medical bills as he sustained several bite marks
during the scuffle. Finally, we bring you the thrilling story of Mitch Penneau. The
manager of a KFC in Statesville, North Carolina, Pineau had been attacked,
clubbed in the head with a rifle, with the gun pressed against his head.
He heard a click. He knew then the gun had misfired and the robber had
intended to shoot him. This is when he made his move.
Eventually the thief begged Penneau to let him go. When he was
sure the rifle ran out of ammunition he let it go and the robber ran into the
night. And that's the end of that story. Penneau you've got balls. You got
balls. I would hope that I would be capable enough to fight for my life and
others if I was in this type of situation, but I'm also not sure. I guess
I doubt myself. I want life. I want to live damn it. I'll fight for that. So
would you put your life on the line to protect a register at Pizza Hut?
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