♪ go on take the money and run ♪ go on take the money and run new yorkers know what it's like to have literally half of our possessions in r storage, and we trust those storage facilities to keep everything safe. >> there is a growing trend, though, thieves are now targeting those lockers and making off with some prized possessions. here's abc's paula farris. >> reporter: across the country, a growing problem. more and more storage units now under siege. take a look at this video. watch as a pair of thieves pull up to a missouri storage facility in broad daylight, take out a bolt cutter, clip off the padlock to an outdoor unit, and then begin loading their van with everything from family mementos to generators, even strapping a large leather couch to the roof of their van. >> it's gone. we'll never get it back. >> reporter: surveillance videos