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A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said.
The unidentified worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.
"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," said Jimmy Overby, 43, a co-worker. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too...I literally had to fight people off my back."
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
That is so sad. The idiots didn't even know he was down let alone dead. They just kept running to the sales. This happened because everyone knew once they got in the store, there were going to be only a few items on the shelves.
There will be some kind of regulation regarding sale items in ads and how much stock you need to have because of this terrible incident.
Items on sale at the Valley Stream Wal-Mart included a Samsung 50-inch Plasma HDTV for $798, a Bissel Compact Upright Vacuum for $28, a Samsung 10.2 megapixel digital camera for $69 and DVDs such as "The Incredible Hulk" for $9.
They should charge Walmart as well. Crowd control isn't rocket science and Walmart created the situation.
They should charge Walmart as well. Crowd control isn't rocket science and Walmart created the situation.
A friend of mine once fainted in the subway at rush hour. No one knew because she was so packed in, there was no place for her to fall.
Uh, okay. We'll see what the numbers say next week. In the meantime, that Wal-Mart employee and that woman's unborn child are still dead.
Hopefully she sued the subway system.
She wasn't hurt. She had the flu which was why she fainted. When the subway car started to clear out, a man noticed her and caught her on the way down and stayed with her till she felt well enough to get in a cab. I believe he was dressed in an upscale manner, carrying an Ann Taylor sweater in a shopping bag and relieved to have an excuse not to meet his mother for lunch.
un fucking believable...trampling people for a deal on a plasma tv...sad very very sad
This will be the last year Walmart has this kind of promotion. I hope this man's family is given a huge award so that all retailers put an end to this kind of nonsense.
