Thread: The Wal-mart stampede, caught on camera

This is what we have been reduced too?



Hundreds of shoppers smashed through windows at a Long Island Wal-Mart early Friday morning, killing one store employee in the stampede. News' reader Nakea Augustine caught the chaotic scene on her cell phone, check out the photos.

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The unruly crowds stormed the store at 5 a.m., when the Valley Stream store opened. Above, shoppers wait for the doors to open.

Hundreds gathered before the store's opening.

The crowd trampled a 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, who was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead just after 6 a.m.

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was also trampled in the mad rush and hospitalized for observation.

Shoppers continued to pour into the store after the man was knocked to the ground before police shut down the store.

Police tape surrounds the Wal-Mart located in the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream.

Radina Rmaidi, 19, explains how a crowd of shoppers stormed the store.

A Police officer stands near a sign reading "Blitz Line Starts Here" on a wall outside of the Walmart.

Employees wait outside the Walmart following the deadly rush.