[Ads-l] When is a grate not a grate?

[Dan Goncharoff]

There was a recent news report about a man who "Falls To His Death Through
Sidewalk Cellar Grate".

http://gothamist.com/2015/01/19/cellar_grate_death.php

As the story later reports, however, he fell doors, not a grate. A grate is
a lattice, not solid.

What am I missing?

DanG

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