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The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
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Statue of Liberty
Colossal sculpture in New York Harbor
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 11 attacks
2001 Islamist terror attacks in the U.S.
The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)