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Man with 5-inch knife stuck in chest orders coffee

Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:04 PM EST
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WARREN — A 52-year-old man complained only about the cold weather before walking into a diner with a five-inch knife sticking out of his chest. The unnamed man called a Warren 911 operator on Sunday night to ask that an ambulance be sent to Bray's, an eatery in neighboring Hazel Park. He said he had been stabbed during a robbery attempt half a mile away, then walked to the restaurant and called 911 from a pay phone.

On a recording of the call, the man gives a vague description of his attacker before saying, "I'm gonna sit down at Bray's 'cause they got a chair and it's cold out here."

Restaurant employee George Mirdita told The Detroit News the man calmly ordered coffee.

Police said Tuesday that the man is recovering.

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Information from: The Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com

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BelindaK

That is one tough dude.

  • 9 votes
Reply#1 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:29 PM EST
Kimberly-430040

No sheet!

  • 7 votes
#1.1 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:27 PM EST
Zom Zom

Total bad-ass.

  • 8 votes
#1.2 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:30 PM EST
Kimberly-430040

To the bone obviously! =0

  • 7 votes
#1.3 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:43 PM EST
BelindaK

Either that or he has a really serious coffee addiction. LOL

  • 4 votes
#1.4 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:59 PM EST
MTLGuy

What a sissy!!! A real man would have pulled out the knife, stuffed some gunpowder in there and lit it with a burning stick.

  • 7 votes
#1.5 - Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:53 AM EST
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K9Paul

That must be some GREAT coffee !!

  • 6 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:05 PM EST
Jeff Jefferson-912478

Bray's must have some kick-ass coffee and their chairs must be pretty good too.

  • 5 votes
Reply#3 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:17 PM EST
Anrkist

So an old guy walks into a coffee shop with a 5-inch knife stuck in his chest... stop me if you've heard this one before.

  • 11 votes
Reply#4 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:09 PM EST
AutoTechDude

That dude is a badass...but... did they catch the suspect?

  • 5 votes
Reply#5 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:13 PM EST
TBone

Chuck Norris would have ordered a boilermaker and a hooker.

  • 6 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:32 PM EST
River-239955

It takes a new league of tough to live in Detriot, boys.

  • 5 votes
Reply#7 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:47 PM EST
The Incredulous One

More details make it even more bizarre.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22030096/detail.html

hey doesn't give up his money to a guy with a knife, gets stabbed in the chest up to the plastic handle, walks into an apt. complex to get help, and can't get any, walks a mile to the diner for them to call 911, orders coffee, sits down and makes small talk with the guy sitting next to him...

...and the waitress says: "do you want to milk in your coffee?"

(ok, I made that part up.)

  • 5 votes
Reply#8 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:15 PM EST
Darreth01

OH KAY....

This reminds me of an episode of ER... a guy walks up to the desk and says "HEY... I've been waiting for almost an HOUR and nobodies helped me yet... how much longer is it gonna be??" The doctor (Can't remember which one it was) says "Listen... you're gonna have to sit down... we're REALLY BUSY and we'll get to you as SOON as we're able!" The guy says "OK..." and turns to return to his seat... when he turns around there's an ARROW stuck in the BACK of his SKULL!!! Needless to say they made an effort to get him RIGHT IN!!! *GRIN*

Hint to the bad guys: NEXT time... don't stab this guy in the chest... it's only gonna PI$$ him OFF!

  • 4 votes
Reply#9 - Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:50 PM EST
SheepleOf1

yeah, but did he leave a tip?

  • 3 votes
Reply#10 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:41 AM EST
boneclinkz

Clearly this man was a highlander.

  • 4 votes
Reply#11 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:27 PM EST
Zom Zom

"A highlander?" Didn't you know? There can be only one.

  • 4 votes
#11.1 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:29 PM EST
ruthlessmoose

and you need a bigger knife... and go for the head lol

  • 4 votes
#11.2 - Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:44 PM EST
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vanwood

Some guys will do anything for a free cup of coffee.

  • 3 votes
Reply#12 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:38 PM EST
RACHEL1-933952

News is getting weirder and weirder! I'm sorry...people are getting....

Good news for him...I'm glad he's recovering.

  • 5 votes
Reply#13 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:05 PM EST
Karl_

The man has style! I wish him well.

  • 3 votes
Reply#14 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:15 PM EST
John-614398

Someone should put him in a movie. We need a replacement for John Wane.

  • 2 votes
#14.1 - Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:38 PM EST
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Gary Locke

And he didn't order a 'slider'? I always get 3 of them with my coffee. I'm glad the dude is going to be OK. And Chicago thinks they're tough...... :)

  • 3 votes
Reply#15 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:23 PM EST
gottahaveice

Wow that guy is awesome, I am glad that he is going to be ok. Hopefully after seeing this story no other crooks try to mess with him.

  • 3 votes
Reply#16 - Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:46 AM EST
Kristi-9

Wow...

  • 3 votes
Reply#17 - Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:41 AM EST
Field MarshallDeleted
jbdaad

Hi Kimberly!

Kimberly

To the bone obviously! =0

You got that right! They sang a song for him.

YouTube - GEORGE THOROGOOD "Bad To The Bone"

  • 1 vote
Reply#19 - Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:29 PM EST
jbdaad

Doh! Try this one.

VideoTerminator 2 - Bad to the Bone results for George Thorogood - Bad to The Bone

  • 1 vote
#19.1 - Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:34 PM EST
Kimberly-430040

Hey, that's my theme song ;)...

Hi jbdaad!

  • 2 votes
#19.2 - Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:33 AM EST
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tdk022755

I am working in the emergency department one day when this little guy comes in with this hat on with a complaint of having a headache. No other symptoms. So he sits down to wait his turn. Brought him back to a room to see the doctor, took his hat off and he had a small hatchet sticking out of his head. Taught me to ask people to take their hats off.

  • 3 votes
Reply#21 - Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:01 PM EST
Kimberly-430040

ewww, oh my goodness just you telling that story makes my head hurt.

  • 2 votes
#21.1 - Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:56 AM EST
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