Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island Evacuated After Report of Suspicious Package: Sources

NBC ^ | Jonathan Dienst and Pei-Sze Cheng

[nickcarraway]

The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island were both being evacuated Friday afternoon after parks police received a report of a suspicious package, law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York.

Tourists were ferried off of the island after parks police patrolling with dogs near a visitors' locker area picked up the scent of a suspicious package shortly before 1 p.m, sources say.

The NYPD's bomb squad was called to the scene, along with EMS workers. A security sweep of the island is also being conducted.

Tourists visiting the site tweeted photos of hundreds of people waiting for ferries at a pier on Liberty Island.

[Paine in the Neck]

[Red Badger]

Beat me to it!................

[Yaelle]

That really is a suspicious package. It begins up above his belly button.

[musicman]

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[MeshugeMikey]

[MeganC]

Security theater.

[Vendome]

The suspicious package was only an envelope containing a copy of the Constitution.

[Vendome]

[Gator113]

“parks police” LOL...those worthless idiots probably heard a rumor that War Veterans were on the island.