Sad news from Long Island; a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death this morning when over 200 people rushed the store for Black Friday sales, taking the doors off its hinges in a mad stampede/ Shop with caution today friends, and remember: Nothing at Wal-Mart is worth more than a human life.
A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.
The 34-year-old 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.
This article appears in Nov 24 – Dec 2, 2008.
