Crowds line up every day to board the boats that will carry them into New York harbor to visit the Statue of Liberty and the Immigration Museum at Ellis Island. On this day, it was bitterly cold, with freezing rain and snow flurries. These people have been patiently standing in line, waiting their turn to enter the security tents prior to boarding their boat. I see in their faces patience, endurance, and a touch of resignation. All of these attitudes are human values, and are mutually shared by the New Yorkers and visiting tourists who face such waits in lines all over the city. In the post 9/11 world, New York tenaciously protects its national treasures, and if its visitors must stand in line in the cold because of it, so be it.