3 Bikers: 'Police Are 40 Minutes Away' — Didn't Know Bruce Lee Was There — 18 Seconds. 3 Down
Roadside diner, Highway 1, California, June 1971, 9:45 PM. Fifteen minutes before closing. Mel's Diner. Sarah Chen, 23, waitress, nursing school student, working night shift. Diner nearly empty. Bruce Lee alone in corner booth. Simple clothes. Jeans. Dark shirt. Heading to San Francisco. Seminar tomorrow. Stopped for coffee. Three motorcycles pulled into parking lot. Loud. Harley-Davidsons. Three bikers walked in. Leather jackets. Bandanas. Rick, 6'2", 240 pounds, leader. Jake. Tommy. Sarah: 'Gentlemen, we're closing in thirteen minutes. Kitchen closed at 9:30.' Rick pushed past her. 'We want real food. Fire up the grill.' Sarah: 'Cook left. Grill shut down. I can offer packaged sandwiches.' Rick stepped closer. 'You're going to serve us.' Jake and Tommy flanked her. Boxing her in. Sarah: 'I need you to leave. Or I'm calling police.' Rick smiled. 'Police are forty minutes away. Lots can happen.' Reached out. Touched Sarah's hair. She pulled back. 'Don't touch me.' Rick laughed. 'You and what army?' Bruce Lee stood up. Walked toward them. Rick: 'Can I help you, buddy?' Bruce: 'You can leave. She asked you to.' Rick: 'You're what, 130 pounds? You gonna make us leave?' Bruce: 'I'm asking politely. Leave now.' Tommy: 'Or what, little man?' Rick grabbed Sarah's wrist. Hard. Bruce: 'Let her go.' Rick: 'Make me.' 18 seconds. Second 1-4: Bruce struck Rick's forearm, radial nerve, grip released, Rick swung punch, Bruce ducked, uppercut to solar plexus, Rick gasping. Second 5-9: Jake tackled, Bruce turned, Jake hit table, came again with punch, Bruce elbow to Jake's nose, broke it, blood. Second 10-14: Tommy pulled knife, Bruce moved inside range, caught wrist, pressure point, knife dropped, palm to chest, Tommy down. Second 15-18: Rick bear hug from behind, Bruce headbutt back of head to Rick's face, knee to solar plexus, Rick down. Three bikers on floor. One bleeding nose. One broken nose. One unable to breathe. Bruce called Highway Patrol. 'Three men assaulted waitress. Attempted assault with knife. Currently incapacitated.' Police arrived. Arrested all three. Multiple warrants. Sarah finished nursing school December 1971. Became ER nurse. Bruce sent letter: 'Courage isn't absence of fear. It's acting correctly despite fear. You have that quality.' Rick got three years prison. Got out 1974. Enrolled martial arts school. Trained for years. Became better. Bruce died 1973. Rick attended memorial. Paid respects.
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