[Vision2020] Wal-Mart Worker Dies After Shoppers Knock Him Down

Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 28 12:29:02 PST 2008


I hope that the people that trampled this guy got a great deal on some 
crap they probably didn't even need.

Seriously, this is pathetic.

Paul

Tom Hansen wrote:
> >From ABC News at:
>
> http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=6353623
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> Wal-Mart Worker Dies After Shoppers Knock Him Down
> Wal-Mart worker dies after being knocked down by throng of shoppers at NY 
> store
> By COLLEEN LONG
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> http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_wal_mart_violence_081128_mn.jpg
> 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.
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> A worker was killed in the crush Friday after a throng of shoppers eager 
> for post-Thanksgiving bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-
> Mart, authorities said.
>
> At least four other people were injured, and the store in Valley Stream on 
> Long Island was closed.
>
> Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., called the incident a "tragic 
> situation" and said the employee came from a temporary agency and was 
> doing maintenance work at the store.
>
> "He was bum-rushed by 200 people," co-worker Jimmy Overby, 43, told the 
> Daily News. "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."
>
> Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital 
> where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m. The man's name was not 
> released and the cause of death was not immediately known.
>
> A police statement said shortly after the store's 5 a.m. opening time, 
> shoppers "physically broke down the doors, knocking (the worker) to the 
> ground."
>
> A metal portion of the door was crumpled like an accordion.
>
> Shoppers around the country lined up early outside stores in the annual 
> bargain hunting ritual known as Black Friday. Many stores open early and 
> stay open late, and some of the most dramatic bargains are available in 
> limited quantities.
>
> Among the bargains offered by Wal-Mart for Friday were Samsung 50-inch 
> high definition Plasma TVs for less than $800.
>
> Witnesses told the Daily News that before the store was closed, eager 
> shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save 
> the worker's life.
>
> "They were working on him, but you could see he was dead," said Halcyon 
> Alexander, 29. "People were still coming through."
>
> A 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation, and 
> she and the unborn baby were both reported to be OK, said Sgt. Anthony 
> Repalone, a Nassau County police spokesman. Four or five other people 
> suffered minor injuries, he said.
>
> Ellen Davis, a spokeswoman at National Retail Federation, said the group 
> knew of no other incident where a retail employee has died working on the 
> day after Thanksgiving.
>
> Wal-Mart is working closely with police, company spokesman Dan Fogleman 
> said.
>
> "The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top 
> priority," Fogleman said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them and 
> their families at this difficult time."
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> Seasons Greetings, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "For a lapse Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist 
> Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go 
> to work."
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> - Roy Zimmerman
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