Hero businessman who tried to disarm Southport knifeman admits he wishes he'd have been 'more Bruce Willis' as he compares the attacker to a 'crouching tiger'

Hero businessman who tried to disarm Southport knifeman admits he wishes he'd have been 'more Bruce Willis' as he compares the attacker to a 'crouching tiger' By Arthur Parashar Published: 12:53 BST, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 13:00 BST, 7 August 2024 e-mail A hero businessman who tried to disarm the Southport knifeman as he launched a frenzied attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class has admitted he wishes he had been 'more like Bruce Willis '. Jonathan Hayes, 63, was stabbed in the leg after confronting the attacker, whom he likened to a 'crouching tiger'. The grandfather, whose office is in the same building where the holiday club dance class was taking place, said he heard screams and rushed to help after hearing one of his colleagues cry out in alarm.

When he opened the door, he locked eyes with the attacker who looked 'pretty menacing'. Speaking to BBC Radio 4 as he recovers from the July 29 stabbing rampage, he said: 'I knew immediately that he shouldn't have been there, wrong guy, wrong place, and then he came at me. 'I used this phrase to the policeman, I said, "I would like to have been more Bruce Willis about the whole thing", but I wasn't able to get the knife off him.

'But I don't believe he managed to hurt anybody else after, and I think in the interim period, all the children had managed to evacuate the building, apart from those that I believe, were locked in the toilet with one of the yoga teachers.' As police officers and communities brace for more unrest t.