NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the Statue of Liberty are shaking off some anxious moments.
Park officials say the statue was evacuated as a precaution Wednesday after a sensor in an elevator shaft falsely indicated smoke.
National Park Service spokeswoman Mindi Rambo says there was never any smoke despite what the sensor indicated.
But just in case, several hundred people walked out of the statue around 1:50 p.m. local time. Some came down the equivalent of about 15 flights of stairs.
While they waited, the visitors were able to stroll around the island or talk to a ranger about its history.
