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So they paired him with a daytime gallery guard. >> when i got there, you know, my partner was there. well, i knew him. i didn't know him very well, i knew him from just around the locker room. he was i'm told the only person they could get. so i figured i would take the first round. >> that first round takes longer than usual. the fire alarm goes off for no apparent reason. so does another alarm on the fourth floor. after all that, rick returns. and the gallery guard takes his turn making the rounds. the clock reads 1:24 a.m., and rick is alone at the guard desk. suddenly, the night takes a d...

Realized how vulnerable he really was. >> i was panicking. i didn't realizes i was panicking but i was completely panicking. >> 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 he feared for his life. >> he was afraid that they were going to set the place on fire after they were done. maybe because i was right across from the boiler. but that was my predominant fear was, god, i hope they don't burn the place down. >> he couldn't see, couldn't hear and he had no...

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. >> half as interesting, they took the guards after they handcuffed them and taped them and brought them into the basement. about 24 minutes elapse, though, before we see them again. >> reporter: motion detectors placed throughout the building picked up their trail for nearly an hour and a half. but that didn't matter. those motion detectors were not connected to police outs...

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. >> 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 document to the basement to different areas. 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. >>...

After they were done. that was my -- maybe because i was right across from the boiler. but my predominant fear was god, i hope they don't burn the place. >> reporter: he couldn't see. couldn't hear. 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, af...