# Perhaps this lady should diet? What a day she had. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-this-lady-should-diet-what-a-day-she-had/646991 "2013-01-12T20:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-this-lady-should-diet-what-a-day-she-had/646991/41 "2013-01-14T02:54:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The article said that the hole appeared to connect to the restaurant’s basement, and the pictures certainly seem consistent with that. I wonder why she (or the EMTs helping her) didn’t try getting out that way? It seems like that would be both easier and safer. > > And what was the crane-tripod mounted on? If it was just the intact portion of the sidewalk around the hole, I’d be worried that it wasn’t any stronger than the section that gave way, and might even be weaker due to being already compromised. There’s an updated story here: > **[400-pound woman who plunged through UES sidewalk says size saved her life](https://nypost.com/2013/01/13/400-pound-woman-who-plunged-through-ues-sidewalk-says-size-saved-her-life/)** > > ( )Size does matter! The 400-pound Queens pedestrian who crashed through an Upper East Side sidewalk said yesterday that a thinner woman might have died from that fall. “Thank God, they said that m… The stairs leading up inside the restaurant are described as being loose. It may have been too hazardous to rescue her that way. And she broke her arm in two places. From the story, it seems like the restaurant had numerous safety violations. And, yeah, OP, I agree. It just isn’t that damned funny. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-this-lady-should-diet-what-a-day-she-had/646991/42 "2013-01-14T03:27:33Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Some people here seem to have forgotten the difference between tragedy and comedy. > Tragedy is when I cut my finger. > Comedy is when you fall through a sidewalk. Only if you are fat though. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-this-lady-should-diet-what-a-day-she-had/646991/43 "2013-01-14T03:29:09Z")
The new article says she’s 400lbs. That’s three small (133 lb) women standing in one spot on that sidewalk. It still should have held. I’d expect that even an elevated sidewalk (which that was) should easily handle over a thousand pounds. I noticed in the picture of the hole that there was a few pieces of rebar. Probably needed more rebar and thicker concrete. Glad the lady wasn’t hurt badly. The updated story sounds more serious than the first one that I read. ---
**Author:** ![midnight-dreary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@midnight-dreary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midnight-dreary)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-this-lady-should-diet-what-a-day-she-had/646991/44 "2013-01-14T05:48:57Z")
Oh, she’s so fat she fell through the sidewalk HAHAHAHAH!!..no. That means that if 3 or 4 normal people were walking together, they’d fall through. having 3-4 people on the same area of side walk isn’t that unheard of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-this-lady-should-diet-what-a-day-she-had/646991.md?page=2)