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Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
nydailynews.com ^
| Friday, November 28th 2008, 9:30 AM
| JOE GOULD
Posted on 11/28/2008 7:02:13 AM PST by GQuagmire
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.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: barbarians; blackfriday; greed; itsjustasalefolks; moralabsolutes; retail; sin; urbansavages
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To: panaxanax
Don’t go away mad. Just go away.
(oh, she is... “Thank you God.”)
To: ritewingwarrior
How is this Walmarts fault? I don't think this is a new occurrence, the nuts who think being the first one in is something to aspire to. To an extent, Walmart is responsible for at least seeing that their employees don't die INSIDE the store because they didn't come up with an orderly process for how the mindless throngs enter the store. I bet they even liked the "enthusiasm"...until now.
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