A blind veteran took down an attacker who punched him after demanding he remove his dark glasses so he could “see God.”

Gordan Allen Besaw, 51, of Bethany, was walking to the bus stop Tuesday morning in Oklahoma City with his guide dog, Derby, for an appointment at the VA Medical Center. That’s when he was attacked.

Besaw, an Army veteran who is blind due to glaucoma, said he grabbed his attacker by the collar before throwing him to the ground and putting him in a headlock. The confrontation occurred about 8:15 a.m. in the 5900 block of NW 23, according to a police incident report.

“I was walking to the bus stop. I never made it,” Besaw said Wednesday. “The guy approached me and said, ‘Are you blind? Take your glasses off. I can make you see God before I see God.’”