Statue of Liberty opens its heart

From: Daily Breeze | Date: August 4, 2004| Author: Verena Dobnik THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information

NEW YORK -- The Statue of Liberty, hailed once again as "a beacon of hope," welcomed tourists inside Tuesday for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, with hundreds of visitors returning despite warnings of terrorist threats.

In an hour-long reopening ceremony, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged Americans to visit the statue and demonstrate that the country would never be "coerced into abandoning any symbol of America."

Free tickets were quickly snapped up for the first tr...

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