We seriously need to look at this issue and come up with a quick solution. The statue of liberty has been closed for over 2 years...and now the national park service is saying that parts of the statue may never open again. A horrible movie by the Parks Service. We cannot allow terrorists to change our lives in such drastic ways...and we certainly cannot allow them to keep us out of a symbol of American freedom and liberties like this.
I agree with Bloomberg and others- we MUST open the statue of liberty, and not just parts of it. All of it must be accessible to Americans.
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from a newsmax.com story:
It sounds like the latest thriller from Hollywood: terrorists taking over the Statue of Liberty. But in a way this has already happened.
If, like us, you've wanted for decades to climb to the crown of the nation's most beloved monument and take in the view of New York Harbor, tough luck. The statue has been closed since 9/11 and might never reopen.
The National Park Service says it will probably reopen the pedestal this year but might never again allow access to the crown because of "security and safety issues" it won't define, USA Today noted.
"Keep the people out and you will turn the statue into an international symbol of craven fear," the New York Daily News fumed. The landmark will have been "ceded to al-Qaeda."
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that as long as the statue remained closed, "in some sense, the terrorists have already won." This phrase is often overused, but this time it's being used correctly.
Concerned? Contact the NPS, the White House and your congressman and senators.
Posted by Josh at February 9, 2004 01:41 AM | TrackBackThe NPS is trying to grab as much money as it can before it re-opens the Statue
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island is nearly sinking under the weight of all the high-priced security personnel it has---but has reduced the Rangers that give the tours to the barest minimum (and many times well below that!)
The management at the Statue is incompetant, they have wasted millions on ridiculous projects and keep begging for more>
Some at the NPS ought to be going to Jail!
Posted by: Adelaide at March 22, 2004 03:10 PMHere is a site where you can one-click an email to the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service to voice you opinion about re-opening the crown of the Statue of Liberty.
Posted by: Re-Open Liberty's Crown at July 7, 2004 10:38 PM