Statue Of Liberty Evacuated Due To Smoke

[TalkingDog]

Source: WCBSTV Breaking News Alerts

The Statue of Liberty was evacuated Wednesday after the fire department responded to a call shortly after 1:15 p.m.

A serious smoke condition arose when a malfunction within an elevator caused its motor to overheat.

Read more: http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/statue.of.liberty.2.1817184.html

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About 15 minutes ago, so I can't say if there are problems with moving people out, injuries, etc.

[Snazzy]

1. Statue of Liberty Evacuated, Then Declared Safe

People were evacuated as a precaution on Wednesday afternoon, according to park superintendent, David Luchsinger. He says it turned out there was a faulty sensor in an elevator shaft.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Statue-of-Liberty-Evacuated-Then-Declared-Safe--98943304.html

[TalkingDog]

5. Thanks for the update! n/t

[Xenotime]

2. I don't understand why they are letting people back in that thing.

[Ter]

6. Why not?

It's for the people, if it's closed the terrorists win.

[SunnySong]

7. +1 nt

[Xenotime]

12. Ahh..because it's old and probably not safe.

[liberal N proud]

14. Don't go

Maybe it will leave space that I can do it someday.

[Fearless]

8. Why shouldn't they?

[dtexdem]

3. Oh, no -- Lady Liberty was smoking!

Doesn't she know that it's bad for her?

[kirby]

4. Elevator?

I thought that had been out of service for quite a long time.

[glinda]

9. Watching her have a melt down due to fire would be weird.

[JBoy]

10. Almost as weird as the Touchdown Jesus meltdown

[glinda]

13. Yeppers.

[liberal N proud]

11. She carries a torch for gawds sake

Now that we know everything is OK, we can joke, RIGHT!

[Old Troop]

15. I can hear it down in operations now: "Jones, we don't actually light the torch"!