28 November 2008

Another 'only at Wal-Mart' moment

The Wal-Mart slogan is 'Save money. Live better'.
Or, in the case reported by The New York Times in an article by Jack Healy, it might be 'Save money. Die better', and gives new meaning to the phrase Black Friday:
A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after being trampled by a crush of shoppers who tore down the front doors and thronged into the store early Friday morning, turning the annual rite of post-Thanksgiving bargain hunting into a frenzy.
The 34-year-old employee, who was not identified, was knocked down by a crowd that broke down the doors of the Wal-Mart at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York, and surged into the store. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at 6 a.m.
The police said that three other shoppers were injured and a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to the hospital for observation.
One shopper, Kimberly Cribbs, said she was standing near the back of the crowd at around 5 a.m. on Friday when people started pulling the doors from their hinges and rushing into the store. She said several people were knocked to the ground, and parents had to grab their children by the hands to keep them from being caught in the crush. They were falling all over each other,” she said. “It was terrible.” The Nassau County Police said the man’s exact cause of death had not been determined.
Wal-Mart released a statement saying that the man who was killed had been working for Wal-Mart through a temp agency. The company called the death “a tragic situation,” and said it was working with police. “The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority,” Wal-Mart said in a statement.

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