Tourists evacuated in Statue of Liberty bomb threat

Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty, was evacuated after a bomb threat.

No bomb was found.

About 3,400 tourists were evacuated as a precaution, said Cynthia Garrett, a spokeswoman for the Parks Service.

Park police searched the island, but no suspicious packages were found, Garrett said.

The island is set to reopen.

Ellis Island, which is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, was unaffected.