The National Parks Service did a security sweep of Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty on Friday morning after authorities received a bomb threat at 11:30am. An evacuation of the island was enforced. The caller tipped off police to a suspicious package in a visitor locker, which was found by a bomb sniffing canine. Ellis Island is also being evacuated. Futher details have yet to be released, but an "all clear" has been issued.
Being evacuated from Liberty Island New York pic.twitter.com/t4B6XwV9Sh
— Karla Chavez (@karscool) April 24, 2015Read it at Gothamist
