This is sad. We are seeing more and more of this as a nation —people fighting each other on Black Friday; and now a man has died—trampled upon in a Walmart. *Over what? Junk. Stuff that will not amount to a hill of beans in Heaven or Hell. Most people ignored this man as he laid dying in Walmart; so intent to get something on sale, that people getting hurt did not matter. And I firmly believe as Americans lose sight of what the Christmas season is truly about—our Lord Jesus, our Savior---the more uglier it’s going to get. The Christmas season has become increasingly commercial, and I find even some of the decorations reflect the shallow mentality behind retail and consumerism. Today, this man went to his job, probably thinking it was going to be a fast-paced day for sure-—but will not be coming back to his family and friends again. The story below:*November 29...Reports concerning a eight months pregnant woman losing a baby during the stampede has been changing. The woman was hospitalized after the incident.
*Update: Killings at Toys R Us are being deemed to be gang related... links below the following news story.
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Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
BY JOE GOULD
DAILY NEWS WRITER
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.
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.
"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," said Jimmy Overby, 43, a co-worker. "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 are still investigating and would not confirm the witness accounts. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. Police did say there were several injuries but weren't more specific.
Jessica Keyes was among the shoppers. She told the Daily News she saw a woman knocked down just a few feet from the dying worker.
"When the paramedics came, she said 'I'm pregnant,'" Keyes said.
Paramedics treated the woman inside the store and then, according to Keys, told the woman:
"There's nothing we can do. The baby is gone."
Before police shut down the store, eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the store clerk's life.
"They were working on him, but you could see he was dead, said Halcyon Alexander, 29. "People were still coming through."
Only a few stopped.
"They're savages," said shopper Kimberly Cribbs, 27. "It's sad. It's terrible
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UPDATE: Two people killed at Toys R Us. Click here to read news story. *New information--click here
