This would be great news. Now if they would just get rid of the over-the-top Wackenhut "security" we would be free to visit the Statue of Liberty again.
Boston Globe: Salazar may reopen Liberty's crown
NEW YORK - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited the Statue of Liberty yesterday and said he will consider reopening its crown, which has been off-limits to tourists since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"I hope we can find a way," Salazar said in a statement. "It would proclaim to the world - both figuratively and literally - that the path to the light of liberty is open to all."
Salazar traveled to the monument and nearby Ellis Island at the request of Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, who accompanied him.
Menendez and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, both Democrats, sponsored a bill in 2006 that would require the interior secretary to reopen the crown to the public. Salazar, as a Democratic senator from Colorado, introduced a similar amendment later that year as part of legislation to overhaul immigration laws.
The National Park Service opposes opening the crown to the public because the structure and the only staircase to it weren't designed for mass use.
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Maybe if they sold an additional ticket for the crown and really limited the number each day, it would be possible to open it back up.
The last two times we've been to NYC we've stayed on the ferry and only get off at Ellis Island.
I came across your blog when trying to find out what nationality Kay Yow was!
I don't know Kay Yow's nationality! I know she grew up in NC and her parents were both millworkers but that's it.
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