Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede


	Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede

reimers

11-28-2008 12:35 PM

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11-28-2008 1:15 PM

renerodz

There was also a pregnant woman who was trampled on and lost her baby. What is wrong with people?

11-28-2008 6:00 PM

BartendingBear

Insanity.

11-28-2008 7:44 PM

ofcapri

WTF!

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"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."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html"><P>The unidentified victim was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:03 a.m., police said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html"><P>Three other shoppers suffered minor injuries, cops said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nydailynews.com/img/BF9B6CD8-6032-4CEC-8E5B-24A7AFF3D3DA" alt="This photo was taken moments before the Wal-Mart store opened." /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/192F3CB3-9AB4-447D-8384-EA9341271C2A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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