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5月8日，美国内政部长肯·萨拉萨尔宣布，自 “9·11”恐怖袭击事件后关闭的纽约自由女神像的头冠部分将于今年7月4日美国独立日重新对公众开放。为配合头冠部分的重新开放，纽约公园局将采取加高旋梯扶栏、增加值班人员等安全措施。
If you were watching the Today Show this morning, then you saw the most dramatic opening segment we can remember in quite a while. There they all are, our friends from the Today Show family in the crown of Lady Liberty to announce some big news concerning that statue. Our reports tonight from NBC's Mike Taibbi.
Our gift from France was always one of those vertical man-made wonders, like the Washington monument, the Eiffel Tower, that entice kids to say" Can we climb to the top?" "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." and parents to say" I guess if you really want to". Well, maybe some grown-ups still like the idea.
"I would walk every single stair to see the top."
"I think it's awesome, it's about time."
But to Today Show's Matt Lauer got this scoop from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this morning that track to the top suspended since 911 are on again.
"Today we are announcing that on the 4th of July, we will open up the crown of the Statue of Liberty here in New York and New Jersey to the entire people of America."
If you ever do get up there as I did in 1984 when Lady Liberty