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This article, which analyzed crushings in general where a crowd can crush somebody, was mentioned in relation to a deadly 2008 Walmart incident during a Black Friday sale.
And there's this fascinating article in The New Yorker by a guy named John Seabrook called Crush Point. And it's about not just this incident but just crushings in general where a crowd can crush some...
— Episode: Selects: How Black Friday Works
Episode: Selects: How Black Friday Works
This article, which analyzed crushings in general where a crowd can crush somebody, was mentioned in relation to a deadly 2008 Walmart incident during a Black Friday sale.
And there's this fascinating article in The New Yorker by a guy named John Seabrook called Crush Point. And it's about not just this incident but just crushings in general where a crowd can crush somebody.
So, again, there's a vestibule. There's the outer doors. There's the vestibule. And then there's inner doors. And then there's the store. This guy got blown from the outer doors all the way through the vestibule, through the inner doors, into the store by this wave of people.