A clerk in Brentwood, New York thwarted an armed robbery when he refused to hand over money to a gunman without a fight. Surveillance video from 25 September (on-screen date is wrong) shows the clerk reaching under the counter to pull out a giant machete before chasing the armed robber through a parking lot.

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