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Have any white hair then. and, you know, i had my berkley college tie-dye on. i did have the gardener security shirt on, but it was over my tie dye and i said okay, i know how this looks. it looks like i put these guard clothes on over my street clothes. >> here, rick makes another grave mistake. 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...

And he had no idea what was happening upstairs. all that 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 the thieves know that as well? it appears they did. since they were in no rush to get out. >> the path is interesting. they took the guards, after they handcuffed them and taped them and brought them into the basement, about 24 minutes elapse...

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. in a matter of minutes, the two thieves had both night watchmen completely under their control. >> he finished cuffing me, and he cuffed my partner and very dramatically said, "gentlemen, this is a robbery." >> reporter: the thieves lead rick and his partner down to the basement to different areas. rick is taken to the boilerroom and cuffed to an electrical box. his e...

His eyes and mouth were duct-taped, and he feared for his life. it all happened so fast, he never had a chance to hit the one panic button whiby the guar desk. he knew no one was coming to help. did the thieves know that, as well? it appears they did. since they were in no rush to get out. >> the path is interesting. the -- they took the guards after they handcuffed them and taped them and brought them into the basement. about 24 minutes elapsed, though, before we see them again. >> reporter: mo...

His life. 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 the thieves know that, as well? it appears they did. since they were in no rush to get out. >> the path is interesting. the -- they took the guards after they handcuffed them and taped them and brought them into the basement. about 24 minutes elapsed, though, before we see them again. >> reporter: motion detectors placed throughout the building picked up ...

So i buzzed them in. >> reporter: that decision to buzz them in is something rick abath has had to live with for the past 23 years. >> the cop that was dealing with me turned to me and said, dont i know you, dont i recognize you? i think there is a warrant out for your arrest. can you step out from behind the desk. >> reporter: here rick makes another grave mistake. 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 pre...

I know you, dont i recognize you? i think there is a warrant out for your arrest. can you step out from behind the desk. >> reporter: here rick makes another grave mistake. 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. in a matter of minutes, the two thieves had both night watchmen completely under their control. >> he finished cuffing me, and he cuffed my partner and very dramatic...

His only way to contact the outside world. his only way to prevent what was about to happen. in a matter of minutes, the two thieves had both night watchmen completely under their control. >> he finished cuffing me, and he cuffed my partner and very dramatically said, "gentlemen, this is a robbery." >> reporter: the thieves lead rick and his partner down to the basement to different areas. rick is taken to the boiler room and cuffed to an electrical box. his eyes and mouth were duct-taped, and h...

>> 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. she gets a 27-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to aggravated robbery and second degree assault. portugal pleads guilty to aggravated robbery and is sentenced to 12 years behind bars. essential to the case, the video recorded by security cameras insta...

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 purposely maneuvers his attackers toward the center of the bar and is able to reach the silent alarm to alert police. >> when our dispatcher sees a panic alarm, our officers respond immediately to the scene. >> the phone almost immediately started ringing off the hook so ...