What to Know
- A woman visiting NYC says she got locked inside a historic fortress and was stuck for about an hour because a guard didn't have a key
- Shakira Stover was walking around Castle Williams on Governors Island when the doors were closed and padlocked, according to reports
- The fortress was built in 1811 to protect New York Harbor from the British and was a military prison until 1965
Talk about a tourist trap!
A woman visiting New York City says she got locked inside a historic fortress and prison and was stuck for about an hour because a guard didn't have a key.
Shakira Stover tells The New York Post she was walking around Castle Williams on Governors Island on Wednesday when the doors were closed and padlocked.
The 35-year-old American living in Spain says she screamed for help and got the attention of a pair of British tourists, who summoned a guard.
Stover says the guard didn't have a key and had to get a park ranger to punch in the padlock code.
The fortress was built in 1811 to protect New York Harbor from the British. It was a military prison until 1965.
Copyright The Associated Press
