Ernie Aimone, 81, said he has never feared for his life in his 40 years of delivering pizzas in Chicago – until last Wednesday, when he was robbed by teen carjackers on his route. 'I had just finished delivering a pizza, and I was walking back to my car and somebody behind me was yelling 'gimme the keys, gimme the keys' and ran at me real fast from behind,' Aimone told Fox News Digital.
Demonte, who has known Aimone since his childhood when his father owned the family restaurant, said this was the first time one of his delivery drivers had run into trouble. ' this type of thing is happening a lot here… in 40 years we've never had a driver held up or anything. This shouldn't happen to anybody, especially an 81-year-old man,' Demonte said. 'It's disgusting.' Aimone emerged with just slight bruising to his face.
His whole life… he always thought he didn't do enough for me and my family,' she told Fox News Digital. 'Now he can finally see that people love and respect him. Now he sees it. I think that's very important to see and to have him be acknowledged for that.' Aimone's daughter said her dad initially felt like a 'coward' for 'not fighting back' when he was attacked. 'I said 'Dad, you're not a coward, you're a hero. You stayed down...
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