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>> i thought it was maybe somebody just goofing off or something so we werent really aware that it was happening when it happened. once they hit devon we all kind of figured, okay. something is happening. we got, kind of have to do something. once he hit me, my glasses flew off. i was pretty much distracted. then the other guy was still kind of in my face. >> shaken, devon continues to go for the panic button when suddenly one of the robbers hits him again. >> when they hit me the second time th...

Of an emergency that sends out a distress signal david soucie? >> well, part of it is -- >> which should be accessible to the flight crew as op poesposed to the pilots? >> yes, because in the cockpit there are seven ways to do that and they do it continually. >> and there is a way of flying the plane to give indication to the ground control there is a problem with the plane. >> and many of the newer airplanes will continuously report from back there, and they can put in maintenance discrepancies...

Which was the only way into the museum at night. that door was locked. so anyone who wanted to get in to the museum would have to ring the buzzer. the guard on duty at the desk could see who was ringing that buzzer through a security camera perched outside right above the door. the camera is in plain sight. if there was trouble, the guard had just one way of alerting the outside world. a panic button at the security desk. h it was up on the underside of the desk. but it was a fairly long desk. a...

The artwork may be, is where the mastermind of the art heist may know where the security may be. two watchmen, one panic button, and motion detectors that could be dodged and one motion detector outside. did the thieves have help from inside? would they have been able to pull it off without inside information? suspicion still surrounds the men on guard that night. night watchman rick abbott says that while he does not know of anyone in the museum who would have knowingly tipped the criminals to ...

Panic button. it was definitely a concern. >> reporter: a concern that he and others would speak about in public. >> if you learn about a vulnerability in the security system, and you can consult that, then there is something that happened here. someone who had interest in art made known no the criminal underworld that was a gang that he or she was familiar was information this this museums security system is abysmal, and this is the components of it. and how that person learned of it, whether h...

He steps away from the security desk and away from the panic button. his only way to contact the outside world. his only way to prevent what was about to happen. >> so i came out from behind the desk and i gave them my drivers license and i gave them my security i.d. and i think i was kind of sing songy sarcastic about it like i really work here. and he said up against the wall, theres a warrant out for your arrest. so i put my hands up against the wall. and he handcuffed me. he didnt frisk me. ...

Hope they dont burn the place down. >> reporter: he couldnt see, couldnt hear and he had no idea what was happening upstairs. all he knew was that his museum was unguarded and about to be robbed. it all happened so fast, he never had a chance to hit the one panic button by the guard desk. he knew no one was coming to help. did thieves know that as well? it appears they did, since they were in no rush to get out. >> it is interesting. they took the guards after they handcuff and tape them and bro...

The top of my hair, which is by far the most devastating blow i sustained. even more than being stabbed. it bled a lot. >> several minutes have passed since the fight began and t.j. is losing steam. >> i remember thinking i dont know if i can hang out this long. where are the cops? >> at 1:30 a.m., five minutes after t.j. hits the panic button, police arrive. arrested, 34-year-old pamela tolbert and her boyfriend alfonzo portugal, 28. tolbert, a parolee with five prior felonies gets a 27-year pr...

Neck but slices his left ear. the woman slashes at t.j. again, this time stabbing him in the abdomen. >> i knew i had been punctured. when your life is threatened and youre in that fight mode, you kind of dont think about it. you just think, im fighting for my life right now. >> with no other employees left in the bar, t.j.s best chance for help is a hidden panic button under the counter. he purposefully maneuvers his attackers toward the center of the bar and is able to reach the silent alarm t...

In with shirts with like masks on. >> the two masked men entered the store and begin yelling at devon but he completely ignores them. >> i figured they were joking with me because some people joke like that so they hit the mouse out of my hand. that kind of stepped over the line. >> uneasy with the situation, devon moves toward the stores panic button, which will signal police, and he hits it a few times. >> they were yelling at me some more, noticed i was kind of moving toward something. one of...