article_snippet.sent: Some 2,700 tourists were rushed off island by boat operators just after midday Friday after a 911 caller said a 911 caller was 'going to blow up' the landmark.
article_snippet.sent: Tourists were rushed off Liberty Island today following a bomb threat resulting in a suspicious package being found.
article_snippet.sent: This Instagram image shows hundreds of tourists waiting at a pier to catch a boat to safety .
article_snippet.sent: Social media was flooded with images of the mass exodus from island, in New York's harbor.
article_snippet.sent: Twitter user Karla Chavez, who appears to have been visiting from California, posted video on the social network of large crowds waiting in line for a boat off island.
article_snippet.sent: Unloading: Tourists are pictured at Battery Park City making Tourists way off a boat off the island following the bomb threat .
article_snippet.sent: Another, Rick Borgmeyer, who appears to be one of the last to be evacuated, posted a picture of an NYPD boat pulling up at island, and police dogs sweeping the perimeter.
article_snippet.sent: All visitors to island go through security checks before being allowed on the boats, which consist of bag searches and the use of metal detectors, National Parks Police confirmed.
article_snippet.sent: There is also a secondary screening on island for anybody who wants to go inside The Statue of Liberty.