UPDATE: the victim was identified by the media as thirty-four year old jdimytai damour. the new york daily news is describing him as a "temporary maintenance worker from jamaica queens," new york. the daily news reported that witnesses said that mr. damour "was gasping for air as shoppers continued to surge into the store after its 5 a.m. opening."
the daily news reported that
even officers who arrived to perform cpr on the trampled worker were stepped on by wild-eyed shoppers streaming inside, a cop at the scene said. "they pushed him down and walked all over him," damour's sobbing sister, danielle, 41, said. "how could these people do that? "he was such a young man with a good heart, full of life. he didn't deserve that." damour's sister said doctors told the family he died of a heart attack. his cousin, ernst damour, called the circumstances "completely unacceptable." "his body was a stepping bag with so much disregard for human life," ernst damour, 37, said. "there has to be some accountability." ~ source