NEW YORK - Ke wehe hou nei ka lei aliʻi o Statue of Liberty, me kona nānā ʻana i nā skyscrapers, nā alahaka a me nā awa o New York, i ka lā Independence no ka manawa mua mai ka wā i hoʻoneʻe ai nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ka World Trade Center ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke awa.
Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia nā pilikia palekana a me ka palekana a ʻo 50,000 poʻe, 10 i ka manawa, e kipa aku i ka lei aliʻi 265-kapuaʻi-kiʻekiʻe i nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana ma mua o ka pani ʻia ʻana no ka hana hou ʻana, wahi a ke Kuhina Kalaiaina Ken Salazar i ka Pōʻalima.
"Ma Iulai 4, hāʻawi mākou iā ʻAmelika i kahi makana kūikawā," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Salazar ma kahi kūkā nūhou ma Ellis Island kokoke. "No ka manawa mua ma kahi kokoke i ʻewalu mau makahiki e loaʻa hou iā mākou kekahi o nā ʻike maikaʻi loa o ka honua."
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ka ʻOihana Kalaiaina ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻoholo pehea e koho ai i ka mea e piʻi i luna. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a Kendra Barkoff, ʻo ka loteri kekahi mea hiki. "Makemake ʻo Salazar e hāʻawi ʻia nā tiketi ʻaʻole e pili ana i kāu mau pilina akā ma ke ʻano kūpono a me ke kaulike," wahi āna.
Ua pani ʻia ke kiʻi i ka lehulehu ma muli o nā hopohopo palekana ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Sept. 11, 2001. Ua wehe hou ʻia ke kumu, ka paepae a me ka papa nānā waho i ka makahiki 2004 akā ua pau ka lei aliʻi.
Hiki i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke piʻi i luna o ka paepae o ke kiʻi a me kahi wahi nānā haʻahaʻa. E hoʻomaka ana i Iulai 4, hiki iā lākou ke kau i nā ʻanuʻu 168 e alakaʻi ana i ka lei aliʻi a me kāna mau puka makani 25.
Hāʻawi kekahi o nā puka makani i ka nānā ʻana i ka lani Manhattan, ʻaʻole i kahakaha hou ʻia e nā hale kiaʻi māhoe 110-papa o ka World Trade Center.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Park Service i ka wā ma mua, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokuʻu pono ʻia nā alapiʻi spiral pālua-helix i kahi pilikia a ʻaʻole i hoʻokō i nā code ahi a me nā hale. Loaʻa pinepine ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka wela wela, pōkole o ka hanu, panic attacks, claustrophobia a me ka makaʻu i ke kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, ka mea i koi no nā makahiki e wehe hou ʻia ka lei aliʻi, ua kapa ʻia ka hoʻoholo ʻana e pani iā ia "he lanakila hapa no nā mea hoʻoweliweli." Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi leka iā Barack Obama, e kono ana i ka pelekikena e lilo i kanaka mua e mākaʻikaʻi i ka lei i wehe hou ʻia ma Iulai 4.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi waha ʻōlelo o ka National Park Service i ka makahiki i hala, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ka mea hoʻolālā kiʻi, ʻo Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, i nā malihini e piʻi i ka lei aliʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Salazar, ʻo ka hoʻoholo e wehe hou ʻia e pili ana i kahi loiloi National Park Service i loaʻa i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia i nā malihini. ʻO 30 wale nō ka poʻe malihini kipa i hoʻokahi hola e ʻae ʻia e kipa aku i ka lei aliʻi, a e hānai ʻia lākou i nā hui o 10, alakaʻi ʻia e kahi kahu paka. Eia kekahi, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia nā lima lima ma ke alapiʻi.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau i nā pilikia āpau o ka piʻi ʻana i ka lei aliʻi, akā ke hana nei mākou i nā hana e palekana ai," wahi a Salazar.
ʻO ke kiʻi keleawe hanohano, 305 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka piko o kona lama i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻailona i ka makahiki 1876 o ka Hōʻike Kūʻokoʻa. E kū pono ana i ka puka komo o ke awa, e hoʻokipa ana i ka "huddled mass e ake e hanu manuahi," i nā ʻōlelo a Emma Lazaro i kahakaha ʻia ma kahi pā keleawe i loko o ke kiʻi.
Ua pani ʻia ka lama mai ka wā i hoʻopōʻino ʻia e ka pōkā a ka saboteur i ka makahiki 1916.
I kēia lā, nānā ʻia nā malihini ma mua o ke kau ʻana i nā ferries a ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā lākou ke kipa i ka hale hōʻikeʻike ma ke kumu a piʻi paha i luna o ka paepae.
ʻO ka lono o ka wehe hou ʻana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana i ka mokupuni ʻo Liberty i ka Pōʻalima.
"E piʻi au i kahi kekona," wahi a Bonita Voisine o Naples, Fla., e kuhikuhi ana i ka pahupaʻikiʻi āna e hoʻohana ai e hopu i ka panorama. "ʻO ia hoʻi ua palekana mākou."
Ua ʻae ʻo Susan Horton, o Greensboro, NC, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e wehe ana lākou i ka lei aliʻi, ʻo ia ka manaʻo o ko lākou hilinaʻi i ka palekana a maikaʻi kēlā - a he mea kupanaha ka ʻike."
ʻO Philip Bartush, no Sydney, Australia, ka mea i piʻi kiʻekiʻe e like me ka mea i ʻae ʻia i ka Pōʻalima a ua nānā ʻo ia i ka lei aliʻi, ʻōlelo ʻo ia he "paʻakikī" ke piʻi i laila, akā "e nani ka ʻike."
E pani hou ʻia ka lei aliʻi ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki no ka hana ʻana i kahi palekana palekana a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, wahi a ke keʻena. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Barkoff e pani ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kiʻi no kēlā hana, akā e wehe mau ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike ma ka waihona.
Ke hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana, ma kahi o 100,000 mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki e hiki ke kiʻi i ka lei aliʻi, wahi a nā luna.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo Salazar e hoʻohana ʻia he $ 25 miliona ma ke kālā hoʻoikaika no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma Ellis Island, ke kikowaena hoʻokele mōʻaukala ma New York Harbor. ʻO ka hana e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka 1908 Baggage and Dormitory Building, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai nā malihini e kali ana i ka hana ʻana, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i 2,000 kapuaʻi o ka ʻili kai o ka mokupuni.
ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia nā ʻeka o ka mokupuni i ka lehulehu, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi halemai pōʻino, kahi hale morgue a me nā keʻena maʻi maʻi maʻi kahi i hoʻōla ʻia a make paha nā malihini maʻi ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻomaka i kahi ola hou ma ʻAmelika.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Keʻena Kalaiaina he 40 pakeneka o nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika hiki ke ʻimi i kahi pilina ʻohana ma Ellis Island.
