New York, New York Hotel Magic Shop Labor Day 2003 Vegas

Michael Jackson was shopping inside because he really liked magic!  My friend and I looked at each other and figured how many times would we have the chance to say that we saw Michael Jackson?  So we decided to wait.  And we waited.  And the crowd grew bigger.  What was maybe 10 people to start with wound up forming into a huge group of people that were pretty well taking up the entire walkway past the shop. Finally it looked like Michael was going to be coming out.  I got my camera ready.  As soon as the doors opened up and Michael came out the crowd just went WHOOSH!! and moved inwards toward Michael.  Both Cecilia and I got pushed forward.  I lost one of my flip flops.  A guy a few folks ahead got pushed into a security guard and he got punched in the face by the guard.  All of a sudden it was just a crazy melee and I tried to grab a picture of Michael as he went past.

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