Unfortunately we have some very sad news to report: over the Thanksgiving break a Wal-Mart employee was knocked to the ground and trampled to death by thousands of shoppers rushing to get in to the store for sale items. We will have an official statement on this tragedy soon.
Here are some of the stories about the stampede and Mr. Damour's death:
Wal-Mart Worker Dies When Shoppers Break Down Doors [Fox News]
Wal-Mart Worker Dies After Shopper Stampede, NY Daily News Says [Bloomberg]
Wal-Mart worker dies in Black Friday stampede [Chicago Tribune]
Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death [New York Times]
Wal-Mart employee dies on Black Friday after being knocked down by shoppers [Los Angeles Times]
Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down [Associated Press]
Surging shoppers kill New York Wal-Mart worker [Reuters]
Wal-Mart worker dies in rush; two killed at toy store [CNN]
Black Friday stampede kills Wal-Mart worker [Seattle Post Intelligence]
Deadly Black Friday: One at Wal-Mart, Two at Toys 'R' Us [Blogging Stocks]
Escaping Wal-Mart hordes in Rockridge [San Francisco Chronicle]
Friends: Wal-Mart victim was easygoing, helpful [News Day]
Wal-Mart death preventable, union says [CNN]
Sought: Wal-Mart shoppers who trampled NY worker [Guardian]
Black Friday bargain hunters trample Walmart worker [Denver News Examiner]
Lessons from a Black Friday death at Wal-Mart [Kansas City Star]
Stating the Obvious: Don't Be Caught Dead At Wal-Mart [Huffington Post]
Wal-Mart Shoppers Are Trained To Be "Savages" [Huffington Post]
Black Friday At Wal-Mart: The Cost Of Crazed Consumerism [Huffington Post]
Security video may hold clues in Walmart death [The Columbus Dispatch]
Wal-Mart Worker Trampled to Death Lacked Training, Attorney Says [Fox News]
Police to review Walmart video of Black Friday trampling death [Charleston Daily Mail]
$2M sought in store stampede [News Day]
A preventable death at Wal-Mart [The Oregonian]
Wal-Mart Assailed on Death [Wall Street Journal]
Wal-Mart reeling in wake of trampling death [AdWeek]
Wal-Mart guard lacked experience [Chicago Sun Times]
Posted by Taylor - December 2, 2008 11:48 AM