similar thing happened to my neighbor who is a pilot. he and his older co pilot were walking along when the older man was accosted by a would be mugger while on layover in some tropical country I cant recall. my neighbor, Capt. Charlie, said "I'm a New Yorker, and I'll be doing the mugging" They beat the guy slightly and he ran off. Gotta take a stand every now and then, but when someone is waving a gun around, THAT takes some mighty fuzzy coconuts!!
old guys rock!!