Here's NCB12's story:
Starletta Wilson came to the sale but when the gates opened at 7 a.m., chaos broke out.Witnesses could not positively identify those responsible for the trampling, although several people thought they recognized certain Richmond City Council members.
“Yeah, they pushed me, look at my child's stroller... they actually pushed me and stampeded over me. Those people who are down there now were behind us," Wilson said.Dustin Coppinger, who attended the sale, said he saw an older man get trampled.
"An old man in a walker was trampled to the ground. Trampled to the ground... walked all over," he said.
Dozens more were pushed to the ground as the crowd races through the gates.
A one-year-old baby almost became a victim. Her father pulled her out of her stroller.
"Look at her stroller. Her stroller's demolished. Look at my stroller,” said Wilson.
Alice Jemerson was one victim who got trampled.
"Look at my knees. They ran on top of me. I just starting kicking the people," she said.
A man who had been standing in line since 2 a.m. came to Jemerson’s rescue. Bair Hossai was almost guaranteed to get one of the coveted computers.
"I'm not going to leave somebody who's hurt. It's not worth it. I could have been in the line, but I'm not going to do it, because it's not worth it," Hossai said.
Drudge picked up on the story sometime in the afternoon, and the networks followed suit soon after.
CNN's coverage.
The Times-Dispatch has a story with a great slideshow of the action, second by second.
Update: some smart mouth is selling a t-shirt on Ebay that says, "I went to Henrico County for a $50 iBook, but all I got was Kicked in the Balls!"
Tags: Richmond, iBook, Henrico
