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Flame of Liberty finally gets heated up Despite alert, tourists allowed inside statue for the first time since 9/11
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NEW YORK -- The Statue of Liberty, hailed once again as "a beacon
of hope," welcomed tourists inside on 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 firs...
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Statue of Liberty to reopen to visitors -- with post-Sept. 11 changes.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ... feet is no triumph, said Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) during a news conference in Battery Park City, the statue visible behind him ... the prospect of the statue's impending reopening. Still, the news was bittersweet for many. Darcy Breen was bringing her 6-year-o ...
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Statue of Liberty to reopen to visitors _ with post-Sept. 11 changes.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ... feet is no triumph, said Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., during a news conference in Battery Park City, the statue visible behind him ... the prospect of the statue's impending reopening. Still, the news was bittersweet for many. Darcy Breen was bringing her 6-year-o ...
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Statue of Liberty climb is even better
Chicago Sun-Times
; NEW YORK When David Moffitt arrived on Liberty Island eight years ago to take the superintendent's job, he thought about closing the Statue of Liberty to visitors. "The view up there was not all that great, and the climb was very time-consuming," says Moffitt. "I thought by closing the statue, I
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Liberty Island to Reopen, But Statue Still Closed
The Washington Post
; -- Liberty Island, home of the Statue of Liberty, will reopen to visitors Thursday for the first time since terrorists leveled the World Trade Center just across New York's harbor. But the statue itself will remain closed for security reasons at least until 2002, the National Park Service said
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Statue of Liberty opens its heart
Daily Breeze
; 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
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