According to NBCNewYork.com a teenage girl fell into a uncovered sewer while texting on Victory Boulevard on Staten Island.
The girl, 
Alexa Longueira, 15, received some scrapes on her arms and back after she fell into the sewer hole.
The family plans to sue. The Department of Environmental Protection said that they walked away to grab some cones while Longueira plunge into sewage.
"Oh my God, it was putrid," Kim Longueira, Alexa's mother said, "One of her sneakers is still down there."
Here's the text Ms.Longueira should have been reading, "OMG! Look @ the hole in the grd, stop. Bye BFF."
There are Android, iPhone, BlackBerry apps for how to exit the subway for the fastest route, perhaps a man-hole map could come in handy.