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Reports say a Wal-Mart employee died just a few hours ago, trampled to death by raging Black Friday bargain-seekers in New York. Shoppers tore down the front doors of the Wal-Mart at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y., knocking down the unidentified 34-year-old worker. Three other shoppers and a pregnant woman were taken to the hospitable for minor injuries.
According to eyewitness testimonials, the waiting shoppers pulled the doors from their hinges in their rush to get into the store. The surge, the NYT solemnly reports, endangered children, who had to be grabbed by their parents so as to not get lost and/or trampled upon in the mad stampede. Jeez. People really are nuts for their tech gadgets and Guitar Hero game kits.
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Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Customers [NY Times]
Comments:
Dec 15, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Don’t assume because their parents is clever he is more likely to win. New York are emotional and their tech gadgets and Guitar Hero game kits will reflect that. We have made the mad stampede.
Nov 28, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Black Friday has definitely cast a Dark Cloud over this country, when the chance of a good deal greatly outweighs the civility of concern for our fellow man. What savages we must be to put aside any form of compassion as human beings for the bloated ego of a materialistic path.
A Young Man of 34, working for a temp agency – the day after Thanksgiving – trampled to death.
Think about it.
God bless this Man and his family.