Watch: Baskin-Robbins Employee Foils Armed Robbery With Bare Hands

The presence of mind of a Baskin-Robbins employee, along with some ninja-like reflexes, helped foil an armed robbery as well as save the life of his co-worker.

A video of the incident was caught in the CCTV cameras placed inside the store:

Leslie (last name withheld) said she was cleaning the coolers in the Seattle, Washington, outlet around 4: 30 p.m. local time (7:30 p.m. EST) on Nov. 25, when the robber entered the store and made his way to the counter. Assuming to be a customer, Leslie rushed to the front desk to take his order and that is when it all unfolded.

"I'm like let me get behind the counter real quick so I can serve this customer and then as soon as I get to the counter, he grabs me by the apron and then holds his knife to my stomach and he says, open the register, give me all the money in it. And I looked down and I'm like whoa cause it's just like a huge knife at my stomach and I'm just like oh my god, we're being robbed," Leslie said, local news outlet Kron 4 reported.

However, lucky for Leslie, she was not manning the store alone. Her co-worker, whose name has not been revealed, was with her at the time. As soon as her co-worker saw the man reaching across the counter brandishing a knife, he calmly told the robber there was no need for violence and suggested that he cool down.

Next, the employee entered the code to open the cash drawer and invited the thief to take the money. As soon as he saw the money, the robber lunged at it, dropping his knife on the countertop. In one swift movement, Leslie’s co-worker grabbed the weapon and tried throwing it at the robber.

Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound, who was investigating the incident, said the unnamed co-worker’s quick thinking might have saved the situation.

"The suspect backs up like he’s stunned, can’t believe that this just happened. Now, his weapon's gone," Carner said.

However, it was his lightning-fast moves that really dealt the final blow to the robber’s plan because after the initial shock, the robber did physically charge at the co-worker who had his knife.

“He's [the robber was] very intent on getting that money. He doesn't care if the clerk has the knife or not. He's very intent on getting that money. He doesn't care if the clerk has the knife or not,” Carner said.

The employee then kicked and punched the robber till he was rolling on the floor and Leslie took the opportunity to dial 911. Realizing that he had been outsmarted, the thief grabbed $6 from the cash drawer and fled the scene. None of the two employees were hurt. Leslie said she considered herself extremely fortunate that she was not alone that day in the store.

“That was amazing. His reaction was so quick. I told him he was a hero and I bought him a cup and said you're awesome! Stay like that," she added.

The thief had targeted a number of fast food joints in the recent past, robbing Baskin-Robbins store on Elliott Avenue on Oct. 29, and a Subway restaurant on 25th Avenue East a couple of days before that. Detectives are still trying to identify a serial armed robber.