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Statue of Liberty evacuated over suspicious package, bomb threat

Someone has gone too far.

 

JC Sevcik

Internet Culture

Posted on Apr 24, 2015   Updated on May 28, 2021, 11:55 pm CDT

The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island were evacuated after a suspicious package was found in lockers on the premises, reports CNN

Senior law enforcement officials and the National Parks Service confirmed to local and national news networks that the major tourist destination had in fact received a bomb threat. 

As major news sources picked up the story though, Twitter was already bursting with photos and tweets from tourists and New Yorkers on the scene at the iconic American landmark .  

https://twitter.com/RichMP/status/591641419204300800

As is often the case these days, social media and mainstream media broke the story together in real time. 

https://twitter.com/Funeralbbp/status/591656356001800193

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Of course, this being the Internet, people are already cracking jokes about the “suspicious package.”

No word yet on who called in the bomb threat. The Daily Dot will update with more information as it becomes available. Stay safe, New York. 

Photo via Jeroen van Luin/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) 

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*First Published: Apr 24, 2015, 3:19 pm CDT