Report, edit, etc...Posted by pekkel_the_duck on 2005-08-26 at 00:20:50
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8973616/url
Poor old man.
QUOTE
RICHMOND, Va. - A rush to purchase $50 used
laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting
thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven
over. One woman went so far as to wet herself rather than surrender her
place in line.
“This is total, total
chaos,” said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in
the ordeal and later limped around on the sizzling blacktop with one
foot bare.
An estimated 5,500 people turned
out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their
hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks. The Henrico County school
system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents. New
iBooks cost between $999 and $1,299.
Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some
already had been waiting since 1:30 a.m. When the gates opened, it
became a terrifying mob scene.
People threw
themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little
girl’s stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an
elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to
drive his way through the crowd.
Seventeen
people suffered minor injuries, with four requiring hospital treatment,
Henrico County Battalion Chief Steve Wood said. There were no arrests
and the iBooks sold out by 1 p.m.
laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting
thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven
over. One woman went so far as to wet herself rather than surrender her
place in line.
“This is total, total
chaos,” said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in
the ordeal and later limped around on the sizzling blacktop with one
foot bare.
An estimated 5,500 people turned
out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their
hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks. The Henrico County school
system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents. New
iBooks cost between $999 and $1,299.
Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some
already had been waiting since 1:30 a.m. When the gates opened, it
became a terrifying mob scene.
People threw
themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little
girl’s stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an
elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to
drive his way through the crowd.
Seventeen
people suffered minor injuries, with four requiring hospital treatment,
Henrico County Battalion Chief Steve Wood said. There were no arrests
and the iBooks sold out by 1 p.m.
Poor old man.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-08-26 at 00:22:52
Was the child in the stroller okay?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by lonely_duck on 2005-08-26 at 00:38:00
oh my...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BSTRhino on 2005-08-26 at 00:43:41
I saw this on WarBoards.org, but I didn't reply on there because... I need to get my loyalties straight.
I thought that was kind of like what happens in cartoons. I wish they had a better way of allocating the iBooks instead of making 5500 people fight to get through the door.
I thought that was kind of like what happens in cartoons. I wish they had a better way of allocating the iBooks instead of making 5500 people fight to get through the door.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by notnuclearrabbit on 2005-08-26 at 07:04:38
[center]One woman even wet herself to keep from having to give up her place in line... $50 for an iBook is a great deal... Worth pissing your pants for?[/center]
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zombie on 2005-08-26 at 16:27:05
lmao i wouldnt do that for an ibook... id grab a pistole 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by warhammer40000 on 2005-08-31 at 12:45:50
I feel better about myself now.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Caboose on 2005-09-02 at 02:53:23
I would kill a man in front of his own mother for a ten sp- uhh... I mean an IBook!