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This handout image from the National Park Service shows a large crack on the west side of the Washington Monument's pyramidion on August 24, 2011 in Washington, DC, a day after a large earthquake struck the region.
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011

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  • ROBERT A. VOGEL,
  • superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, on the Washington Monument, which was damaged by the earthquake that rattled the East Coast on Wednesday
Photo: AFP / Getty Images | Source: Los Angeles Times