Statue of Liberty Evacuated: Suspicious Package Found

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Liberty Island and the Statue Of Liberty are currently being evacuated following unconfirmed reports of a ‘suspicious package.’

A National Parks Service spokesperson confirmed that they were doing security sweeps and that there is an evacuation happening, but could not immediately say why.

UPDATE: 11:00AM PST-NYPD bomb squad is assisting Park Services on a sweep of the island.

UPDATE: 12:11PM PST-An annoymous caller phoned in a bomb threat to 911, alerting authorities.

 

 

Being evacuated from Liberty Island New York pic.twitter.com/t4B6XwV9Sh

— Karla Chavez (@karscool) April 24, 2015