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Outside world. a panic button at the security desk. but it wasn't so easy to reach. >> you know, those things like a panic button at a bank. it was up on the underside of the desk. but it was a fairly long desk and the computer was all the way over to the left and it was almost all the way over to the right. so it wasn't just within arm's reach. >> reporter: still, rick abbot never found any reason to use that panic button. that is until the night of march 18th. that night was unusual from the moment rick arrived at work. he learned his usual partner had called in sick. they couldn't find anyo...

Basically. one guy would go up and start his rounds, and then when he came back, the other would get behind the desk and the other person would go up. >> on this night, things would be far from boring. during the night shift, there is always one guard manning the computer at the security desk by the side door. the employee entrance, which was the only way into the museum at night. that door was locked. so anyone who wanted to get into 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 abo...

On this night, rick says he had no doubt. it really was the boston police at the entrance. >> they were standing there. their hats, coats and badges, and looked like policemen and buzzed them into the museum. and one of them came right over to my desk. and one of them kind of stood in the alcove right there, looking around. it didn't seem particularly odd to me, and he came up to me and the one guy, they asked me if i was alone. i said that no, my partner was off doing a round. i said get him down here. i called him on the radio. >> within seconds, rick's partner joined him at the security des...

Uneventful. >> boring. yeah, sit around, walk around, basically. one guy would go up and start his rounds, and then when he came back, the other would get behind the desk and the other person would go up. >> on this night, things would be far from boring. during the night shift, there is always one guard manning the computer at the security desk by the side door. the employee entrance, which was the only way into the museum at night. that door was locked. so anyone who wanted to get into the museum would have to ring the buzzer. the guard on duty at the desk could see who was ringing that buzz...

Uneventful. >> boring. yeah, sit around, walk around, basically. one guy would go up and start his rounds, and then when he came back, the other would get behind the desk and the other person would go up. >> on this night, things would be far from boring. during the night shift, there is always one guard manning the computer at the security desk by the side door. the employee entrance, which was the only way into the museum at night. that door was locked. so anyone who wanted to get into the museum would have to ring the buzzer. the guard on duty at the desk could see who was ringing that buzz...