The Week
A lot of things happened this week. The stock market went on its biggest five day rally in 75 years. Thanksgiving came and went. Over 150 people were killed in India when terrorists seized two hotels and went on a killing rampage. And yesterday marked the start of the Holiday shopping season, as thousands of retailers marked down their prices as part of an annual tradition known as Black Friday. But this week’s 365 Award goes to Jdimytai Damour.
Yesterday, in Valley Stream, New York 2,000 people gathered outside the local Wal Mart waiting for the store to open. At 5am an employee, identified by police as Jdimytai Damour of Queens, was knocked to the ground as he opened the doors, leaving a metal portion of the frame crumpled like an accordion.
He was rushed to a local hospital but declared dead at 6:03, police said.
Four other people were hospitalized, including a 28-year-old pregnant woman. She was knocked to the store floor a short distance from where the 34-year-old man was trampled and her fate was unclear.
Clearly, when parents say that they’ll kill to get their kid the latest toy for Christmas, they’re not kidding.
