Posted on 12/16/2025 9:28:38 AM PST by Morgana
This is the dramatic moment an 110ft replica of the Statue of Liberty came crashing down in Brazil after being struck by powerful winds.
Footage shows how the statue started leaning to one side as a storm tore through the city of Guaiba on Monday before it toppled into a car park and smashed into pieces.
Cars can be seen driving away from the statue as it began falling, but no injuries were reported, according to local authorities
The incident took place at around 3pm yesterday at the height of the storm that ripped through the entire state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil.
The statue - which was installed in the car park of a retail megastore - measured around 110 ft, but store officials said that only the upper section of the statue, which measured around 78ft, was damaged.
The original Statue of Liberty in New York City stands at around 305ft.
The car park was immediately cordoned off to protect customers and staff following the incident.
The megastore's operator confirmed that the replica had been in place since the store opened in 2020 and that it had the required certification.
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Good omen..................
Accurate omen.....
Cheap fabrication and powerful winds.
Sometimes a cigar...
Symbolic. And the winds cried ‘Deep State’
Sometimes an el big mac. Thinking mickey D checked in safe from falling statue.
It’s as if Lula and the Global State knocked it over.
What a curious thing to erect. And in a parking lot?
I don’t know; maybe the store owner is idealistic and admires the US.
Anyway, it beats the Iowa Giant Frying Pan, or:
I think in Brazil it would be ‘o’ big mac...
Not a smart idea if you’re trying to avoid injuring potential customers.
The tallest statue in Texas now is a 100’ Hindu Demon.
They get on their knees and worship it. In Texas. TX.
There’s a little statue of Liberty in the Susquehannah River in Pennsylvania; we see it when we visit my husband’s home town:
Liberated from its moorings
The real thing is a very impressive work of engineering and artistic talent. But the US had been a nation for over 100 years...
...by the grace of God, and his will that a people desiring freedom would willingly fight for it and succeed. A statue had nothing to do with it.
I think that is a replica of the one in Paris. on the seine.
Brazil can’t have Liberty until they kill all the communists.
It’s got an interesting history:
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/pennsylvania/pa-lady-liberty
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