EVERY DAY, MONEY WE NEED.
NOW NONE OF THAT MONEY IS COMING
IN.
LIBERTY ISLAND WAS SLAMMED BY
SUPERSTORM SANDY, CLOSED FOR
EIGHT MONTHS.
NOW ANOTHER SHUTDOWN.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR TO YOU
VISIT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY?
>> FREEDOM, LIBERTY.
THAT'S WHY I'M IN AMERICA.
SO, TO HEAR THAT THE GOVERNMENT
IS SHUTTING DOWN, IT'S LIKE,
WHAT HAVE WE COME TO?
>> Reporter: STACEY GARCIA IS
AMONG THE LAST VISITORS TO THE
ISLAND.
>> WELCOME ABOARD STATUE CRUISES
LADY LIBERTY.
>> Reporter: ALONG WITH THE
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN COMES THE
CLOSURE OF ALL THE NATION'S
NATIONAL PARKS AND THAT INCLUDES
LADY LIBERTY.
FOR FOLKS COMING TO NEW YORK TO
SEE THE ICONIC STATUE OF
LIBERTY, THIS MAY BE THEIR LAST
CHANCE IN WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE AWFUL.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO DAMAGE THE
ECONOMY IN WAYS THAT NOBODY HAS
BOTHERED TO CALCULATE YET.
IT'S JUST MINDLESS.
>> Reporter: WITH MORE THAN 280
MILLION VISITORS A YEAR FROM
YELLOWSTONE TO YOSEMITE TO THE
GRAND CANYON, MORE THAN 400
NATIONAL PARKS ARE NOW CLOSED.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO LET
CONGRESS, YOU KNOW, MAKE ME MISS
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, WHICH IS
SO IMPORTANT TO ME AS A RETIRED
HISTORY TEACHER.
>> Reporter: TOURISTS TURNED
AWAY.
MORE THAN 21,000 NATIONAL PARKS
EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED AND
THOUSANDS MORE LIKE CLEAN-UP
CREWS AND CONCESSION STAND
WORKERS ALL LEFT WITHOUT JOBS.
>> I HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER JOB IF
THEY'RE NOT PAYING US WHILE
WE'RE LAID OFF OR FILE FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT BUT IT'S STILL NOT
GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
IT'S HARD.
EVEN TO THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S
HARD TO THINK ABOUT.
>> Reporter: THIS MAN SAYS HE
NEED THIS IS JOB JUST TO GET BY
AND DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN B.
DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE TO
WASHINGTON?
>> THINGS LIKE THIS CAN HAVE
SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THE LIMELIGHT,
PEOPLE WORKING OUT IN POSITIONS
AT SPOTS.
THIS WHOLE ISLAND WILL BE SHUT
DOWN.
THAT'S A TON OF DIFFERENT
POSITION THAT IS PEOPLE WON'T BE
WORKING OR WON'T BE GETTING PAID
FOR.
>> Reporter: LIBERTY ISLAND SEES
UP TO 4 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR,
20,000 A DAY IN PEAK SEASON.
AT $17 PER TICKET FOR ADULTS,
THAT'S BIG MONEY.
>> EVEN MORE THAN THE MONEY,
IT'S THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
FOLKS THAT THIS IS A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT
OF FOLKS.
>> Reporter: AN OPPORTUNITY THAT
MEANS A LOT FOR SO MANY, LIKE
STACEY GARCIA.
AND, CAROL, HERE IS WHAT'S
UNCLEAR, WHETHER THESE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WORKERS, LIKE THE
PARK RANGERS, ARE GOING TO GET
PAID OR NOT ONCE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT GETS THINGS TOGETHER
AND GET THINGS UP AND RUNNING.
THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WORKERS
LIKE QUINN AND VICTORIA,
CONCESSION STAND WORKERS THAT
HAVE THESE HOURLY JOBS ARE NOT
GOING TO GET PAID.
EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WASHINGTON
IS FIGHTING ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO BE WORKING ON