pinneau is no match for the taller and heavier masked man. but pinneau, a 25-year veteran of the coast guard has military training and he knows even if he can't get the gun from the intruder, he can try to keep it out of his control. >> if he can't control the gun and point it at me, he can't shoot me, regardless of what he was doing, hitting me, kicking me, wrestling on the floor. i wasn't letting go of the gun. >> after a couple minutes of wrestling, the intruder is the one now begging, begging pinneau to let go of the gun, promising to leave. >> my reply to that was you're not leaving here until i have the gun or it's unloaded. >> pinneau and the gunman continue to slip and slide on the wet floor, washed just minutes before. the fight goes on for about four minutes, but to pinneau it feels like hours. >> i kept thinking, when are the police going to get here? they've got to get here soon. you know, because from my perspective, you know, i've been fighting this guy and struggling with the guy for forever. >> they battle for control in the b