Newsday
NEW YORK — A lifesaving rescue device invented by a trio of veteran firefighters from Long Island has been accepted by officials at the Statue of Liberty and is to be available for emergencies now that Lady Liberty’s crown is open.
The device, which one of the firefighters said Friday looks “something like a Taco Bell shell,” weighs about 6 pounds and is called a Rapid Intervention Tactical Evacuator.
The three firefighters. two of whom are retired and the third still active, provided one of the devices to statue officials for use in the narrow stairways to the crown, which opened Saturday for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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