Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TORONTO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A young, gun-toting would-be thief fled a Legion branch in Toronto empty-handed after an angry 84-year-old World War II veteran tackled him. John Dietsch and 64-year-old volunteer Earl Gray were counting money from donation boxes for veterans and their families midday Thursday when the gunman appeared and said, "Give me all your bills," the National Post reported. Advertisement Dietsch, who has five great grandchildren, said he was enraged and lunged at the man. "There was no way I was going to let him get away with the money," the navy veteran told the Toronto Sun. "Our veterans and their widows need that money." Dietsch was knocked off his feet by the thief and that's when Legion volunteer Gray tackled the man, who wrestled him off and fled, the reports said. The men were counting about $10,000 in coins and bills, the Post said. Dietsch said he was a little disappointed with the outcome. "I would've punched his head in, if I had the opportunity," he said.
