E-NEW YORK - ISifanekiso Somqhele Wenkululeko, esinombono ojabulisayo wamabhilidi aseNew York, amabhuloho namachweba, siphinde savulwa ngoSuku Lwenkululeko okokuqala ngqa selokhu amaphekula ehlele iWorld Trade Center ngaphesheya nje kwetheku.
Izinkinga zokuphepha nokuvikeleka sezixazululiwe futhi abantu abangu-50,000, 10 ngesikhathi, bazovakashela umqhele wamamitha angu-265 eminyakeni emibili ezayo ngaphambi kokuba uvalwe futhi ukuze ulungiswe, kusho uNobhala Wezangaphakathi uKen Salazar ngoLwesihlanu.
"NgoJulayi 4, sinikeza iMelika isipho esikhethekile," kusho uSalazar engqungqutheleni yezindaba e-Ellis Island eseduze. “Ngokokuqala ngqa cishe eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili sizophinde sikwazi ukuba nesipiliyoni esihle kakhulu emhlabeni.”
Izikhulu zoMnyango Wezangaphakathi zithe bebengakanqumi ukuthi bazokhetha kanjani abazokhuphukela phezulu. Umkhulumeli wesifazane uKendra Barkoff uthe ilotho ingenye yezinto ezingenzeka. USalazar "ufuna ukuthi amathikithi asatshalaliswe hhayi ngokususelwa ekuxhumekeni kwakho kodwa ngendlela efanele nelinganayo," kusho yena.
Lo mfanekiso wawuvaliwe emphakathini ngenxa yezokuphepha ngemuva kokuhlasela kwangomhla ziyi-11 kuSepthemba 2001. Idekhi yesisekelo, yezinyawo kanye nengaphandle yavulwa kabusha ngo-2004 kodwa umqhele awuzange uvunyelwe.
Abavakashi manje sebengakwazi ukukhuphukela phezulu kwesisekelo sesithombe kanye nendawo ephansi yokubuka. Kusukela ngomhlaka-4 Julayi, bazokwazi ukukhweza izinyathelo ezingu-168 eziholela kumqhele kanye namafasitela awo angu-25.
Amanye amafasitela anikeza umbono wesibhakabhaka saseManhattan, esingasaphawulwa imibhoshongo engamawele enezitezi eziyi-110 yeWorld Trade Center.
I-Park Service yayishilo esikhathini esidlule ukuthi izitebhisi eziwumngcingo ezine-helix spiral azikwazanga ukukhishwa ngokuphepha esimweni esiphuthumayo futhi azihambisani nemithetho yomlilo neyokwakha. Abavakashi babevame ukuhlushwa ukushisa, ukuphelelwa umoya, ukuhlaselwa uvalo, i-claustrophobia nokwesaba indawo ephakeme.
U-Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, osekuphele iminyaka ephusha ukuthi umqhele uvulwe kabusha, wake wabiza isinqumo sokusivala “ngokunqoba okungaphelele kwamaphekula.” NgoLwesihlanu, uthe uthumele incwadi kuBarack Obama, emema umengameli ukuthi abe ngumuntu wokuqala ozovakashela isicoco esivulwe kabusha ngoJulayi 4.
Okhulumela iNational Park Service uthe ngonyaka odlule umdwebi walesi sichuse, uFrederic Auguste Bartholdi, ubengahlosile ukuthi izivakashi zinyukele emqhele.
USalazar uthe isinqumo sokuyivula kabusha sisekelwe ekuhlaziyweni kweNational Park Service okubandakanya izincomo zokunciphisa ubungozi ezivakashini. Izivakashi ezingu-30 kuphela ngehora ezizovunyelwa ukuvakashela umqhele, futhi zizokhuliswa ngamaqembu abantu abangu-10, ziholwa umqaphi wepaki. Futhi, ama-handrails ezitebhisini azophakanyiswa.
“Ngeke sikwazi ukuqeda bonke ubungozi bokuqhwakela isicoco, kodwa sithatha izinyathelo zokusenza siphephe,” kusho uSalazar.
Isithombe esihle kakhulu sethusi, esingamafidi angama-305 ubude ukuya esihlokweni sethoshi laso eliphakanyisiwe, saklanyelwe ukuphawula ikhulunyaka lika-1876 leSimemezelo Senkululeko. Ibheke emnyango wetheku, yamukela “izixuku eziminyene ezilangazelela ukuphefumula ngokukhululeka,” ngokwamazwi ka-Emma Lazarus aqoshwe oqwembeni lwethusi olungaphakathi kwesifanekiso.
Ithoshi selivaliwe kusukela lalinyazwa ibhomu le-savoteur ngo-1916.
Namuhla, izivakashi ziyahlolwa ngaphambi kokugibela izikebhe futhi futhi ngaphambi kokuba zivakashele imnyuziyamu esisekelweni noma zikhuphukele phezulu kwesitetali.
Izindaba zokuvulwa kabusha kwajabulisa izivakashi ezivakashele eLiberty Island ngoLwesihlanu.
“Ngizokhuphuka ngomzuzwana,” kusho uBonita Voisine waseNaples, Fla., ekhomba ikhamera azoyisebenzisa ukuze athwebule i-panorama. “Lokho kusho ukuthi siphephe kakhudlwana.”
USusan Horton, waseGreensboro, NC, uvumile, wathi, "Iqiniso lokuthi bavula umqhele kumele lisho ukuthi bayaqiniseka ngokuvikeleka futhi lokho kuhle - futhi umbono uzoba muhle."
UPhilip Bartush, waseSydney, e-Australia, obenyukele phezulu njengoba evunyelwe ngoLwesihlanu futhi wabheka phezulu esicoco, uthe "kungaba inselele" ukuya lapho, kodwa "umbono uzoba muhle."
Umqhele uzophinde uvalwe ngemuva kweminyaka emibili umsebenzi wokulungisa ukuphepha nokuphepha unomphela, kusho uMnyango. UBarkoff uthe ezinye izingxenye zesithombe nazo zingavalwa kulowo msebenzi, kodwa imnyuziyamu esesisekelweni izohlala ivulekile.
Uma lo msebenzi sewenziwe, izivakashi ezingaba ngu-100,000 XNUMX ngonyaka kufanele zikwazi ukuthola umqhele, kusho izikhulu.
NgoLwesihlanu, iSalazar iphinde yamemezela ukuthi imali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 25 yoxhaso izosetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa e-Ellis Island, isikhungo esinomlando sabafuduki eNew York Harbor. Lo msebenzi uzohlanganisa nokusimamisa i-1908 Baggage Building and Dormitory Building, eyayihlalisa abantu bokufika abasalinde ukucutshungulwa, kanye nokulungisa amamitha angu-2,000 odonga lwasolwandle oluwayo lwesiqhingi.
Ama-acres alesi siqhingi asavinjelwe emphakathini, okuhlanganisa isibhedlela esigugile, indawo yokugcina izidumbu kanye namawodi ezifo ezithathelwanayo lapho abokufika abagulayo bebelashwa noma bashona ngaphambi kokuthi baqale impilo entsha eMelika.
UMnyango Wezangaphakathi uthe amaphesenti angama-40 ezakhamizi zaseMelika angalandelela ukuxhumana komndeni e-Ellis Island.
