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A stampede of bargain hunters fatally tramples a Wal-Mart employee.

The death of a temporary Wal-Mart worker trampled by customers amid frantic Black Friday shopping could have been avoided, the union that represents retail workers said Saturday.

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While Mumbai suffers heavy losses from a terrorist attack, American shoppers are busy trampling Wal-Mart employees to save a few dollars on Black Friday. When will we get our priorities straight?

Police were reviewing video from surveillance cameras in an attempt to identify who trampled to death a Wal-Mart worker after a crowd of post-Thanksgiving shoppers burst through the doors at a suburban store and knocked him down.

A temporary Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death Friday in a rush of thousands of early morning shoppers as he attempted to unlock the doors of a Valley Stream, New York, store at 5 a.m., police said.

BREAKING STORY 11-28-08 (Los Angeles Injury Lawyer, Michael Ehline.) Black Friday, November 28, 2008, will be remembered as a day in infamy, because of the deaths of innocent life, apparently, all over getting your Christmas gift first.

A temporary Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death Friday in a rush of thousands of early morning shoppers as he attempted to unlock the doors of a Valley Stream, New York, store at 5 a.m., police said.

<snip>A Wal-Mart worker was killed Friday when "out-of-control" shoppers desperate for bargains broke down the doors at a 5 a.m. sale. Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers shouted angrily and kept shopping...

A worker was killed in the crush Friday after a throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-Mart, authorities said.