CashTomato.com NYC Riot

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Uploaded by on Feb 29, 2008

CashTomato.com staged a publicity stunt in Union Square in NYC on February 29th. At 2:29, they were supposed to give out envelopes with $29 to random people in the crowd. Poor planning and an even worse execution lead to a small riot and a man had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

Watch the video again and listen to the conversations of the people around me...

"There's people on the ground! What is going on here?!!"

"They was laying on top of the man?" "Yeah, everybody."

Police: "Everybody's gotta get outta here. Let's go."

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  • dude i was there me and a friend went to paragon that same day and we were like oh shit free money but there was a long line so we left this was way before this happened then we hear some guys in paragon talking about how there was this guys that was jumped cus he was carrying money sure as hell glad we left before this happened

  • Yeah, it was crazy. I stayed on the outside of the mob.

  • OMG...i hadn't heard about this 'til now.

  • Yeah, crazy, huh?

  • It seemed the ambulance is not the FDNY ambulance, huh? Then what's the number to call that sort of ambulance?

  • Good observation. You're right, that was not an FDNY ambulance. Most hospitals have their own ambulances, and the EMT's on them actually work for the hospital, not the city. But you still just call 911. The closest ambulance will respond - whether it's FDNY or not.

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  • you know the countries in recession when people are hurting each other over $29...

  • Actually, because of the coverage on 1010 wins of the "riot" I came here and then went to the cash tomato website out of curiousity. In essence they might be getting more coverage than they would have if there was no fight over a few coins.

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  • thats why i love fhetto people

  • fuck the police

  • wow some people are very stupid

  • looks like a bunch of ghetto people fighting over it...

    then the hipster asshats that set up this stunt leave...I hope they got their asses sued off.

  • Wild, Whenever I'm up in New York I always stay at a hotel not too far from Union Square,

    Glad I missed this mess.

  • OH man... I got a prize from cash tomato!!!

  • what we would all do for a buck or two huh? lol

    and its ironic how there FAILURE was posted on the site that they were trying to compete with! lol

    nice video perfectlittlelife.

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