Tiny Chop-keeper Kicks Gunman's Ax

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TINY CHOP-KEEPER KICKS GUNMAN'S AX
By KIERAN CROWLEY

October 24, 2007 -- A tiny but fearless shop clerk stalled a robber pointing a gun at her head - then swung a giant ax wildly at him until he ran from her family's Long Island convenience store.

VIDEO: Clerk Fights Off Robber With Ax

Hafize Sahin, 27, all of 4-foot-5 and 90 pounds, was working alone in the store on Montauk Highway in Brookhaven Saturday evening, Suffolk Detective Lt. Edward Reilly said.

At about 8 p.m. a 6-foot-tall man wearing a mask entered, pulled a pistol, pointed it at Sahin's face and demanded money as security cameras recorded everything.

"I was scared, I was shaking," said Sahin yesterday. "He was going 'Give me the money!' I said 'hold on, wait, I can't find the key.' I took my time, making believe I couldn't open the drawer." It was the first time she had been robbed, she said afterward.

"I thought the gun is not real. I wasn't going to open the drawer. I said to myself, 'I'm not going to give him money.' I couldn't give him the money because I thought it was the first time he was doing it."

The angry gunman shoved the gun over the counter in her face, ordering "Hurry up, give me the money! Hurry up, give me the money!"

Sahin stalled, hitting beeping buttons on the cash register but not handing over cash.

When the gunman turned to make sure no one was outside the store, Sahin reached for a 3-foot ax behind the counter and began to swing away.

"When I was trying to hit him, he pointed the gun at me" but did not fire. "I was yelling at him and telling him 'Get out of here!' I didn't want to hit him, I just wanted him to get out."

Reilly described the suspect as male, black, age 28 to 30 with a medium build, wearing a black hoodie and black bandanna partially covering his face.

[Bent_Bladi]

you go, ya CRAZY girl!! wow...al she thought it wasn't real al...

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