Firefighter takes down would-be robber

MANSFIELD, Tex. (WPVI) -- A firefighter in Mansfield, Texas took down a would-be gas station robber.

Daniel Gaskey was checking out at the counter early yesterday morning when the masked suspect pushed past him.

Gaskey, a former marine and high school wrestler, used the moves he learned to take the suspect down and take his knife away.

The relieved clerk called 911.

Gaskey says he did it simply because it was the right thing to do.