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Owner at closing time. >> i was mugged. i was stabbed. i was hit over the head with a pool cue. >> but the robbery goes awry when this barkeep takes a stand and fights back. >> they thought i was going to give them all my money. but that's not what happened. >> january 15th, 2010, lakewood, colorado. it's just before 1:30 early friday morning. last call at the cordial lounge. security cameras roll as behind the bar 32-year-old owner t.j.sazima is closing up shop. >> i was cleaning glasses, putting things away. and i got to a point where i began counting and shuffling the money around in my dra...

He now goes on the offensive. fighting to keep the assailants there until police arrive. >> i wasn't going to let them leave the building. i just had this fire in my belly as a husband and father and business owner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers, apparently unaware of the robbery mans, come out from playing pool and realize what's going on. for a moment, it looks as if they each try to stop the fight. but both give up. and instead of helping t.j., they flee the bar. the three-way throwdown rages on. at one point, a tap handle is knocked into the on position. wh...

Essential to the case, the video recorded by security cameras installed by the previous owner after an earlier robbery. >> i think it would have been difficult to get a true understanding of what occurred or what the assailants had actually attempted to do with the bartender until we actually saw that footage and saw what occurred. >> the two customers who fled the scene are not charged. lucky for t.j., his stab wound is superficial. no stitches necessary. but the blow from the pool cue requires 13. >> i think t.j.'s lucky to be alive after this. >> t.j. has no regrets about fighting back. >> ...

Essential to the case, the video recorded by security cameras installed by the previous owner after an earlier robbery. >> i think it would have been difficult to get a true understanding of what occurred or what the assailants had actually attempted to do with the bartender until we saw that footage and saw what occurred. >> the two customers who fled the scene are not charged. lucky for t.j. his stab wound is superficial,no stitches necessary. but the blow from the pool cue requires 13. >> i think t.j. is lucky to be alive after this. >> t.j. has no regrets about fighting back. >> when thing...

I was stabbed. i was hit over the head with a pool cue. >> the robbery goes awry when the bartender takes a stand and fights back. >> they thought i was going to give them all my money, but that's not what happened. >> january 15th, 2010, lakewood, colorado. it's just before 1:30 early friday morning, last call at the cordial lounge. security cameras roll as behind the bar, 32-year-old owner t.j. is closing up shop. >> i was cleaning glasses, putting things away. it got to a point where i began counting and shuffling the money around in my drawer getting ready to close the restaurant down. >> ...