Texting teen walks into manhole
The family of a New York City teenager who fell down an open manhole while texting is planning to sue the city. Alexa Longueira, 15, admits she was typing on her cell phone when she walked into the manhole; she suffered only a few scrapes in the 5-foot fall. But Longueira’s mother, Kim, says the city must compensate Alexa for the trauma of landing in a sewer. “Oh my God, it was putrid,” said Mrs. Longueira. “One of her sneakers is still down there.”
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