NEW YORK – The Statue of Liberty has her juice back after a partial power outage that lasted for a couple of hours.
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 went out during a work project and returned at 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.