24 hours at the largest mall in the U.S. ahead of Black Friday weekend
Briefly

Shamso Mohamed is speed-stepping in a long skirt and sneakers, a morning exercise she's been doing for two years. 'Ten thousand, 20,000 steps every day.'
At Cinnabon, under dim lights, three pairs of hands roll and stretch the dough. Mornings at the mall are busy, with workers preparing for the bustling crowds.
There are two busfuls of children that have just arrived. Soon, it's a caravan of school buses. I can hear the horde of middle schoolers from up the escalator.
The park is the size of five football fields. Roller coasters loop around carousels and a SpongeBob-themed jumping gym, a log shoot along one side.
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