A man from Michigan jumping for a photo in front of the Statue of Liberty, which used to be so crowded with tourists that you can’t even get a proper picure of the monument. — Photos: KENA BETANCUR/AFP
New Yorkers are taking advantage of the absence of tourists during the pandemic to visit iconic sites in the Big Apple that they would normally avoid.
At 10am on a recent Friday, barely 10 people were on Liberty Island’s roughly 200m promenade, staring up at the Statue of Liberty.
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