Crowd Tramples Wal-Mart Security Guard

[falcon]

A 2,000 person crowdtrampled and killed a Wal-Mart security guard. Happened in NY City, of course.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=4226712&cl=10876984&src=news

[8mm/06]

I personally can't STAND the whole shopping thing. And the crowds that are promoted by the whole sale mentality are just ridiculous.
This poor family left to bury their loved one will have little to hand their hats on to gain closure on a senseless death.
I can only hope that this will urge at least a few people to re-think their passion for bargains and the rudeness they embody while trying to beat the next guy to the bargains.

[Leafrivermac]

I feel the same way and also hope that stores such as Wal-Mart rethink the way that they conduct their sales.

[Champlain Islander]

hard to believe a crowd could climb over a wally world greeter. that must have been some hill.

[Vizsla Vince]

Folks just seem to be ruder on the east coast. My wife (6 mos preggo)& I were in an Ikea in Jersey & a woman kept repeatedly ramming into my wife with a stroller to get her out of her way!

[remington_girl]

I have never ever heard of that before, when they have sales here i know they have people there to control the queue. That is indeed tragic.

[sachiko]

That makes me sick. I can't imagine human beings acting like such animals.

[Centauri]

Sad. There's a month left until X-mas, so why can't they wait?

[CalHunter]

It is very sad indeed. This goes way beyond a simple Christmas has been over commercialized comment. This is mob mentality at its' worst. I don't see how any of those people can live with themselves.[:@]

[bigbulls]

I have been arguing this point on this same thread in the off season forum.

Once a stampeed starts you can not stop it unless you want to be trampled your self. The people ten or twenty spots back have no idea that someone has fallen and getting trampled. All they can do is attempt to avoid that person when they get to them. If they stop to help them up they still get trampled themselves and end up in the same boat.

The only way to prevent a stampeed like this is not to allow it to happen in the first place. That means not having thesedoor bustersales like this with out some very strict security and croud control. IMO Walmart is 100% liable to the dead persons family andI hope the family is awarded millions.

Walmart had the sale. Walmart advertised the sale. Walmart allowed2000 people to pack up against the doors until they busted.Walmart did nothing to control the croud.Walmart is liable.

Folks just seem to be ruder on the east coast.

Painting with a broad brush there aren't you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3eUiMHtPgQ&feature=related
This one happened in Grand Rapids, Michigan a few years ago and a pregnant woman was trampled here as well. Thankfully she didn't die. The 13 year old girl trying to help the pregnant woman was trampled and taken to the hospital as well as another woman. (refer to the stampeed effectabove)

How many times does this need to happen before someone holds Walmart criminally neglegant?