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As a husband and father and businessowner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers apparently unaware of the robbery plans come out from playing pool and realize what's going on. for a moment it looks as if 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. what comes next puts t.j. on the short list for bar owner of the year. >> i'm not sure exactly what the bartender was thinking but he took the time while fighting to turn the bar tap o...

Attackers, apparently unaware of the robbery plans come out from playing pool and realizes what's going on. for a moment it looks as if each try to stop the fight. they give up. 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. what comes next puts t.j. on the short list for bar owner of the year. >> i'm not sure exactly what the bartender was thinking but he took the time while fighting to turn the tap off and save the beer. >> as the fighting continues, the female attackers is able to break free. >> she ha...

On. at one point a tap handle is knocked into the on position. what comes next puts t.j. on the short list for bar owner of the year. >> i'm not sure exactly what the bartender was thinking but he took the time while fighting to turn the tap off and save the beer. >> as the fighting continues, the female attackers is able to break free. >> she had taken a pool cue, lined up and came right down on the top of my hair, which is by far the most devastating blow i aimed, even more than being stabbed. it bled a lot. >> several minutes have passed since the fight began and t.j. is losing steam. >> i ...

Try to stop the fight. they give up. 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. what comes next puts t.j. on the short list for bar owner of the year. >> i'm not sure exactly what the bartender was thinking but he took the time while fighting to turn the tap off and save the beer. >> as the fighting continues, the female attackers is able to break free. >> she had taken a pool cue, lined up and came right down on the top of my hair, which is by far the most devastating blow i aimed, even more than bei...

>> mark originally focused on carpentry work, building pieces like cabinets for homes. but conversations with other small business owners pushed him in another direction. >> i had a couple of local brewers come to me and said we want a tap handle. we made it for them. and that's where that took off. so the beer taps, i just started doing sales work. >> rather than drag his heels, mark recognized the potential. fortunate will making beer tap handles didn't require a major pivot in production. >> it wasn't difficult, we just did more of what we were doing. >> there was plenty of wood-turning bei...