An Inclusive Litany

8/15/94

When homeless couple Maria Ramos and Darryl Johnson decided to have sex on the tracks of a New York City subway station, their passions were abruptly interrupted by an oncoming train. Johnson suffered a dislocated pelvis, neck injuries and lost part of his left foot; Ramos was unhurt. The couple sued the transit authority for $10 million, alleging "carelessness, recklessness and negligence" because the transit authority sent a train along a rarely used track without warning commuters of the change. Said the couple's attorney, "Homeless people are allowed to have sex, too."