When a dangerous situation arises, the most common advice we're told is to keep out of harm's way. After all, there are a lot of situations where we can only make things worse by trying to be a hero.
This is why store employees are generally discouraged from trying to apprehend thieves themselves, as their employers can find themselves legally liable if that employee ends up injured or worse.
But at the same time, we can sometimes find that trying to let the situation pass isn't an option. Sometimes the only choice is to fight if we mean to protect ourselves or another life.
And although we're about to see that one man took a big risk when he intervened in an attempted armed robbery, he quickly proved that he knew what he was doing.
