Grate Collapses, Injures Brooklyn School Children

¿Qué? ¿Estás bromeando?

Where are all the building inspectors? Bloomberg threw the former building commissioner under the bus but it was his and Quinn's fault.

Does the city even inspect those grates?

Other than seeing people paint them, I've never noticed anyone checking them out.

I would think inspection by the city or a builder's certificate filed is needed to ensure public safety.

As a kid, we used to do that all the time instead of standing on the sidewalk.

This isn't the first time a grate by a school failed, but may be the biggest failure.

Hope those kids are OK.

Yeah but to pose for a class photo on a grate? I'd say that's sort of an odd choice, I'd think the playground or auditorium would be a better spot to group a whole bunch of kids.

You got that right. I did a touble take reading that. When I was a kid, my school had grates everywhere and we would have been smacked if we went onto one, which we did anyway to check out the weird shit that collected down below.

yes, I am glad you find humor in such a tragic accident. shame.

Years ago I was watching some Sex and the City episode where one of the girls falls into an open sidewalk grate or storage thing. Every one of my friends gasped and said in unison that that was our worst fear walking the streets of NY. I think Carrie or whoever else was in the scene said the same thing in the next line. It's like being eaten by the sidewalk...