The Florida sightseers said they were just trying to get to the Empire State Building, when they stumbled upon the would-be thief at the 7-11 on Madison Avenue and East 33rd Street.
When Eyewitness News' cameras arrived on the scene, the suspect was still on the ground.
The clerk at the store, says the same man had robbed him before.
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