The store owner spoke out Thursday about watching his life's work vanish in the blink of an eye.
Shocking video captured a mob-style smash-and-grab robbery at the Nordstrom store, and police are now searching for up to 30 suspects involved.
Police say two male suspects wearing a mask entered the store and used a weapon, possibly a hammer, to break cases inside the store.
The owner of the store said a bag with $20,000 cash inside of it was taken and the total amount of jewelry stolen is unknown.
Thieves ran off with over a half million dollars worth of jewels in a smash-and-grab burglary in Manhattan.
According to the NYPD, an employee at Rocco's Jewelry in the Fordham Heights section buzzed one man inside the Webster Avenue store and he held the door for the other three suspects.