About two dozen customers and seven workers became stranded at the store in suburban Cheektowaga outside of Buffalo on Friday as a historically frigid winter...
An upstate Target became an unexpected Christmas refuge for trapped customers during the deadly weekend blizzard, with store elves who were stranded themselves jumping into action to save the holiday.
“They said, ‘Anything you need, it’s on us. … Just let us scan it first,’ ” a thankful shopper told the Buffalo News. “First night wasn’t bad,” she said in a video posted Saturday. “Didn’t get much sleep, the heat was turned off this morning ’cause store is supposed to be closed, so they are trying to get it working. … We are safe, though, and people are warming up.”
Jessica Sypniewski, who was trapped at the store along with her kids and boyfriend, told the outlet of the employees’ actions, “I got so emotional, I just sat down and started crying.Some of the people who were trapped kept busy by playing games such as Uno, watching movies — and taking selfies for the thousands of fascinated people who kept up with their tale on social media.
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