Al Qaeda Targets the Statue of Liberty

Al-Qaeda could take out the statue with a bomb instead of wasting a plane that could be employed on another high-profile target such as the White House or something. Even better, (for them anyway) if this is one in a series of explosive devices, America is doubly thrown into chaos as it's not just the skies we're concerned about but literally EVERYTHING around us.
 
Would the statue have been totaly destoryed? What about it separates and the uper torso more or less intact and the head sits errect on the beach with the torch upwards
 
Maybe we could've done what the people of Rhodes did to the Colossus.

Very unlikely. It would almost certainly be rebuilt to show Al Qaeda we can't be intimidated. It isn't like it would be a truly major expense for the US government these days. In fact they probably could raise the money entirely through donations.
 
As someone said, the attacks weren't against liberty or freedom, they were against symbols of American power. The WTC represents the United States economic power and the Pentagon it's military power. They were also chosen to inflict maximum casualties. They wouldn't waste a plane on the SOL, it's too small and I doubt many people would be there (the attacks occurred at 9 o clock in the morning). If anything a bomb would have been planted. I doubt this would have many more effects on the resulting wars and response by the government in general.
 
As someone said, the attacks weren't against liberty or freedom, they were against symbols of American power. The WTC represents the United States economic power and the Pentagon it's military power. They were also chosen to inflict maximum casualties. They wouldn't waste a plane on the SOL, it's too small and I doubt many people would be there (the attacks occurred at 9 o clock in the morning). If anything a bomb would have been planted. I doubt this would have many more effects on the resulting wars and response by the government in general.
A bit earlier actually, Tower 1 was hit at 8:46 a.m. So the statue never even opened that morning...nobody but some Parks Service employees would be there, and its doubtful they would be in the statue itself.

As far as I can tell there's nothing much past the 3rd floor of the base and nothing but stairs in the statue itself.
 
The destruction of the statue would gain a symbolism all its own with the curtailment of civil liberties that has resulted from 9/11 in our timeline.
 

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It’s taken more than ten years to not build anything on the WTC site, how long would a reconstruction take?
 
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