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| A different type of Black Friday---Wal-Mart Trampling Death by Bargain Hunters |
| 2008-11-28 |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say a Wal-Mart worker has died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers shortly after the Long Island store opened Friday. Nassau County police say the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m., an hour after the store opened. The cause of death was not immediately known. A police statement says a throng of shoppers "physically broke down the doors, knocking him to the ground." Police also say a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Bentonville, Ark., would not confirm the reports of a stampede during the day-after-Thanksgiving bargain hunting, but said a "medical emergency" caused them to close the store. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #17 Nice pictures, was that a wal-mart or an obama speech? |
| Posted by: Bigfoot Shailing3039 2008-11-28 23:31 |
| #16 Two men shot each other to death in a Toy's 'R' Us store after some women started fighting. (Palm Desert, Ca today... |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2008-11-28 21:45 |
| #15 The were rioting at Sears in Anchorage. Oops, belay that one. The parking lot was full, that was all..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-11-28 20:49 |
| #14 Guam's KMART + Agana Shopping Center were packed as heck the day after Thanksgiving - don't know iff it was same for HOME DEPOT OR GUAM PREMIUM OUTLETS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-28 19:34 |
| #13 NS: Something doesn't compute between the pictures from ZF and the description from P2K. Valley Stream is three or four miles away from Queens, and seven or eight miles away from Brooklyn. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-11-28 18:25 |
| #12 :-) If I'd had a handful, I wouldn't know what or whose it was. I don't get afeared much, but I didn't like that it was totally out of my control. Not a good feeling at all |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-28 18:11 |
| #11 Was it this bad Frank? |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-28 18:04 |
| #10 reminder: my shirt was pressed so hard and long against the painted plywood, the paint ruined the shirt, couldn't be washed out. I hate large crowds |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-28 17:48 |
| #9 been there as well. Who (80's -The Ox was still alive and kicking) concert at San Diego Stadium, I got against the plywood wall at the stage on the grass. I had to push as hard as I could to get room to breathe, couldn't even guess what was happening to the poor people behind me. General Admission? Never again. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-28 17:44 |
| #8 Humans are herd animals. And yes, P2K's description of the areas primary inhabitants doesn't appear to reflect the particular demographic of the group that showed up. |
| Posted by: Chimble Pelosi1503 2008-11-28 17:25 |
| #7 I caught that, NS. Ima thinks the shoppers at Walmart thisn mornin wuznt teh ones with income above the average. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-11-28 17:09 |
| #6 I was once caught in a crowd at a rock concert in the 70's, CaljamII. A frightening event where someone in back yelled to rush the gate and next thing we knew we were off our feet in the rush. Dozens were hurt. This crowd should never have been allowed to mass directly at the door. People should never act like this but the store promotes this panic crowd by offering unbelievable prices with only one or two of the advertised items on the shelf. Once a company attract a large crowd creating an event, they are responsible for crowd control and for everyones safety. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2008-11-28 16:53 |
| #5 Something doesn't compute between the pictures from ZF and the description from P2K. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-11-28 16:27 |
| #4 Must have been the Winter Holiday Spirit that carried them away. Couldn't have been the Christmas one. That one celebrates the birth of the Prince of Peace. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-11-28 16:15 |
| #3 Pictures |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-11-28 15:36 |
| #2 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., closed the store in Valley Stream for several hours after the stampede. It reopened shortly after 1 p.m. -FOXNews.com "The median income for a household in the village is $103,243, and the median income for a family is $110,585. Males have a median income of $80,094 versus $56,260 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $66,334. About 1.0% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and .4% of those age 65 or over." - Wikipedia Well, them rustics may kill turkeys out in the public in Alaska, but it certainly wasn't your doublewide cousin chasers who didn't even pause to get those shiny thingys there Mr. NYTs. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-11-28 15:35 |
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