What happened at the Statue of Liberty on D - Day ?
Giannina Braschi 's dramatic novel " United States of Banana " ( AmazonCrossing 2011 ) takes place after the September 11 , 2001 attacks , at the Statue of Liberty , where a political prisoner from Puerto Rico is trapped in the dungeon of liberty beneath the 11 - pointed star that serves as the base of the Statue .