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Watch: Shoppers Storm Arundel Mills on Black Friday

Patch rounds up a collection of footage from Friday morning's retail rush.

People from all over flooded to Arundel Mills in Hanover as early as Thursday afternoon to wait outside the shopping center, ensuring a nice head start on Black Friday deals. 

Lauren Horsley, a spokeswoman for the mall, said they handed out more than 3,500 promotional T-shirts within the first 10 minutes of the . 

Horsley said the weekend went "nicely," but footage taken by patrons on YouTube show that it wasn't all sugarplums and fairies for everyone attending the shop-until-you-drop event. 

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One video posted on YouTube showed a woman having a panic attack as the doors open, requiring medical attention from the security guards. Another clip showed that at 2:11 a.m. Friday morning, the Starbucks line in the mall contained around 30 people. I guess people need their caffeine, no matter how early or late.

For those hoping to snag electronics from Best Buy, shoppers had to wait in a line that wrapped all the way around Medieval Times.

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