New York’s Statue of Liberty was temporarily in the dark after an « unplanned outage ».
New York’s Statue of Liberty was temporarily in the dark after an « unplanned outage ».
The statue was dark except for the crown and torch, according to WCBS-TV.
The lights returned shortly before midnight local time.
The outage sparked conversation on social media that perhaps it was done deliberately for Wednesday’s A Day Without Women protest against economic and social inequality.
But National Park Service spokesman Jerry Willis said the outage was probably related to a project for a new emergency back-up generator.
He said the official cause will be determined on Wednesday when crews return to work on the project, « part of our last remaining Hurricane Sandy recovery projects ».
AP
