Statue of Liberty temporarily goes dark in power outage
Statue of Liberty light goes back on
This Tuesday, March 7, 2017, still image taken from video shows the Statue of Liberty in New York. (AP)
NEW YORK — The Statue of Liberty has her juice back after an evening-long partial power outage.
The incident Tuesday night sparked speculation on social media that it was done deliberately for Wednesday’s “A Day Without A Woman” protest. But it was actually a case of human error.
National Park Service spokesman Jerry Willis says the lights were supposed to go on at dusk but didn’t. The situation was resolved by 11:45 p.m.
The crown and torch kept shining.
Willis says Liberty will experience some more outages over the next few weeks — this time on purpose — while workers install a new emergency generator as part of Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.
