
A view of the Statue of Liberty is seen from New York Harbor in New York on Sept. 14, 2022. The National Park Service began allowing visitors to go up into the Statue of Liberty's crown on Tuesday, Oct. 11, more than two and a half years since it closed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Other parts of the statue including the observation deck had reopened previously. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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