2 z. p/ p( U8 u8 p; Q公园管理处的人员认为,通往自由女神像顶部的168级螺旋阶梯有遭受火灾和恐怖袭击的危险,不适于对外开放。但魏纳26日说:「我不会放弃这项提议,我认为他们迟早会作出回复……应使自由女神昔日光辉再现。」& A. r) b# P# y& S% c
+ Y0 c+ z6 ~# c" [自由女神像位于占地12英亩(合4.9公顷)的纽约港自由岛,2001年「9﹒11」事件后被关闭。在耗资2000万美元改善安全保卫措施后,女神像于2004年重新开放,但目前游客只被允许到女神像基座部位参观。 ) u, |0 D. o* k+ `. \% g ; c j! O* {! B& L4 M
' S w; @. E& [ 7 \# [+ m9 O& J6 R6 N( WThe Statue of Liberty is seen in New York, Oct. 26, 2006. The House Representatives on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, prodded parks officials to re-open the crown of the 121-year-old statue to the public, a step the government says is too dangerous. For the second year in a row an amendment was added to a spending bill giving the National Park Service $1 million to study how to safely re-open the staircase to the statue's crown, something that has been prohibited since the 2001 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File). Z3 r5 b, ]* ^4 o. ~5 C9 L) j" r# a