Senior Citizen Takes Out Bank Robber With Flying Tackle (VIDEO)

Via Buzzfeed comes this heroic video of a senior citizen taking out a bank robber with a flying tackle. As the thief shuffles from window to window collecting money, the elderly man sneaks up behind him and knocks him to the ground. The second part of the video offers a better angle, and you can see an elderly woman run up to the struggling pair and kick the bank robber while he's on the ground.

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Comments

[schaffermommy]

10:03 PM on 09/21/2009

yeah that woman was not "elderly". but way to go grandpa!

[700rpm]

09:41 PM on 09/21/2009

Gaw ddam meth freak; got less than he (or she) deserved.

[IncredulousGeezer]

08:48 PM on 09/21/2009

Don't mess with us geezers lol

[AtomicSplash]

07:59 PM on 09/21/2009

I like how the lady ki'cks him in the face

[louisr]

07:49 PM on 09/21/2009

That woman is NOT elderly

[Sepulchre]

08:12 PM on 09/21/2009

Your right she was not elderly. I doubt she was even thirty.

[MichaelMcKLA]

07:38 PM on 09/21/2009

You did good, Mr. Senior Citizen, congrats. But what were you snacking on while you observed the robber in action?

[PRONESE]

09:58 PM on 09/21/2009

Popeye says,
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Spinach! Of Course!
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R/ PRONESE

[Stevelane]

07:22 PM on 09/21/2009

I expect the bank will sue the old man for reckless endangerment of its staff.

[DeliLama]

06:57 PM on 09/21/2009

The Teller in the blue shirt clearly places something in his pocket before going to help with the robber. Check it out for yourself.

[PDXTransplant]

07:32 PM on 09/21/2009

Probably his drawer keys to the teller drawer.

[RefreshingTaste]

06:29 PM on 09/21/2009

He's got some solid wrestling moves, don't mess with his health care!

[jeremyemilio]

07:02 PM on 09/21/2009

Yep. I was just about to say, I guarantee this guy has wrestled at some point in his life. Great wide base; once he get the guy down, he's going nowhere.

[choadius]

06:22 PM on 09/21/2009

Flying Grandpa is cool. Way to go.

[jsgaetano]

05:53 PM on 09/21/2009

When I first saw the old dude in the background (second clip), my first thought was "Is he eating chips?"

[Lulu-1]

05:48 PM on 09/21/2009

That is Beyond Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BoudainKing]

05:16 PM on 09/21/2009

Some tofu-eating liberal attorney (ACLU) will file a suit on behalf of the bank robber . Senior SuperMan will have to pay, just watch.

[VINSTERDUDE]

05:24 PM on 09/21/2009

yer an effing loser!

[Justice Wainwright]

05:25 PM on 09/21/2009

AmericanScream just burned you.

[AmericanScream]

05:26 PM on 09/21/2009

Yeah but they cut my comment out.

[JOHN-C]

04:49 PM on 09/21/2009

Was the old man eating popcorn back there?

[louisr]

07:49 PM on 09/21/2009

hungry?

[Juan Toro]

04:03 PM on 09/23/2009

Ohh Please... don´t you see he is putting his contact lenses on?

[retroredux]

04:45 PM on 09/21/2009

The best part of the video was that, like many seniors, he was there for the free coffee and POPCORN!

My bank also has that same popcorn machine. Liked grandpa's cool "gotta put down my Orville Redenbacker so I can go tackle this youngster"

he was heard screaming

"get offa my lawn!"