Statue of Liberty reopens despite terror threat

Barring last-minute terrorism alerts or other problems, New York’s Statue of Liberty will reopen to visitors today for the first time since the 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the nearby World Trade Centre.

Statue of Liberty reopens despite terror threat

Barring last-minute terrorism alerts or other problems, New York’s Statue of Liberty will reopen to visitors today for the first time since the 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the nearby World Trade Centre.

National Park Service officials went ahead with the reopening plan despite warnings of terrorist threats to financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington.

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