- Target workers in Buffalo hosted stranded shoppers and motorists during a deadly storm.
- Around 24 people took shelter from the storm in the Target over two days, The Buffalo News reported.
Workers at a Buffalo Target hosted a slumber party for shoppers and motorists stranded during one of the deadliest blizzards in the city's history.
Buffalo was hit by the $4 that left at least 27 people dead over the Christmas weekend.
A group of seven Target employees in Cheektowaga offered the closed store as shelter to around 24 motorists that were stranded during the storm, $4.
The workers, who were also stranded at the store, provided the motorists with Starbucks drinks, blankets, portable heaters, and a place to rest, per the local news outlet.
One driver, Jessica Sypniewski, told the news outlet she had been refused by a nearby grocery shop before she tried the Target store on December 23. She said her family was welcomed into the store with cups of hot chocolate.
"I got so emotional, I just sat down and started crying," she said. "You never know. People could have died. I truly believe they saved lives."
The Target workers hosted the string of people over two days as the blizzard left much of the city in $4 unsafe for travel.
One shopper, Carla Rodrigues, posted about the experience in a $4.
Rodrigues posted a video from the store on Christmas Eve after spending the night there. She said "the first night wasn't bad" despite a lack of heat and she expected to stay to be trapped in the store for at least another night.
She posted a separate TikTok on Christmas Eve showing a TV that she said had been set up to watch the Bills game. She added the motorists had been provided with "activities" by the Target staff.