Gothamist: Yikes: Woman Falls Through Midtown Sidewalk Grate

Still Not Amused

Fri, 18 May 2007 14:31:09 -0500

"CA-Ching" She'll never have to work another day in her life !!!!!

soc

Thu, 17 May 2007 23:49:42 -0500

Last time I slipped and fell on a grate in the the rain and twisted my ankle and knee. I will be avoiding grates like the plague from now on as well.

enid

Thu, 17 May 2007 19:16:18 -0500

what a classic New York frightmare.

Brian

Thu, 17 May 2007 18:33:55 -0500

You know what happens next... They are going to cover all the grates in SHELLAC!!

newsyspice

Thu, 17 May 2007 18:27:37 -0500

ANOTHER example of Con Ed competence! Can we please hang Burke publically?

edEx

Thu, 17 May 2007 18:03:10 -0500

she just became a multi-millionaire

gabe

Thu, 17 May 2007 17:27:41 -0500

klk - right there with you, but I find myself stepping on grates and gates all the time. Matter of fact, it was just a month or so ago I was absentmindedly stepping toward a gate when I sort of felt it move up from under me, then suddenly slam down with a metal thwack back to being level with the pavement. An anguished, "ouch" came out from under the basement gate and I hightailed it the hell out of there. Been watching my step since - now even more so.

JMC

Thu, 17 May 2007 17:15:24 -0500

Yeah, I'd do that for a Klondike Bar.

cynic

Thu, 17 May 2007 17:12:25 -0500

Now I imagine she'll sue and be able to retire and never really have to walk anywhere again.

joey z

Thu, 17 May 2007 17:03:18 -0500

It would have been really funny to be the person behind her minding your own business when someone just - boom - drops through the sidewalk right in front of you. I of course would have helped and held in my laughter until I got to the bar and told all my friends.

hr

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:59:36 -0500

I feel for this woman, her story aside .... whenever I see a woman get her unecessarily large and totally unpracticle heels caught in a sidewalk grate I laugh. There's your slave to insecurities right there honey.

whatever

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:42:12 -0500

one of my friends refuses to ever walk on sidewalk grates. he'll cross the street if he has to. I, however, have balls of STEEL.

klk

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:35:42 -0500

yikes! definitely one of my biggest fears.