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bobby mcfferin
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Date Posted: 13:26:30 12/14/03 Sun
In reply to:
drew
's message, "1 more reason to participate in Buy Nothing Day next year..." on 17:28:06 11/29/03 Sat
HAHAHA they didn't even GIVE her the damn DVD player...
>ORANGE CITY, Fla. (Nov. 29) - A mob of shoppers
>rushing for a sale on DVD players trampled the first
>woman in line and knocked her unconscious as they
>scrambled for the shelves at a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
>
>Patricia VanLester had her eye on a $29 DVD player,
>but when the siren blared at 6 a.m. Friday announcing
>the start to the post-Thanksgiving sale, the
>41-year-old was knocked to the ground by the frenzy of
>shoppers behind her.
>
>''She got pushed down, and they walked over her like a
>herd of elephants,'' said VanLester's sister, Linda
>Ellzey. ''I told them, 'Stop stepping on my sister!
>She's on the ground!'''
>
>Ellzey said some shoppers tried to help VanLester, and
>one employee helped Ellzey reach her sister, but most
>people just continued their rush for deals.
>
>''All they cared about was a stupid DVD player,'' she
>said Saturday.
>
>Paramedics called to the store found VanLester
>unconscious on top of a DVD player, surrounded by
>shoppers seemingly oblivious to her, said Mark
>O'Keefe, a spokesman for EVAC Ambulance.
>
>She was flown to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona
>Beach, where doctors told the family VanLester had a
>seizure after she was knocked down and would likely
>remain hospitalized through the weekend, Ellzey said.
>Hospital officials said Saturday they did not have any
>information on her condition.
>
>''She's all black and blue,'' Ellzey said. ''Patty
>doesn't remember anything. She still can't believe it
>all happened.''
>
>Ellzey said Wal-Mart officials called later Friday to
>ask about her sister, and the store apologized and
>offered to put a DVD player on hold for her.
>
>Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Karen Burk said she had
>never heard of a such a melee during a sale.
>
>''We are very disappointed this happened,'' Burk said.
>''We want her to come back as a shopper.''
>
>
>11/29/03 10:26 EST
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