(26 Aug 2011) HEADLINE: Earthquake jolts Washington, workers head for home
CAPTION: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered just 90 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. sent scores of workers streaming out of buildings there, damaging pinnacles at the National Cathedral and creating a traffic tie-ups more akin to a blizzard. (Aug. 23)
WHEN THE EARTH STARTED MOVING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ... PEOPLE STARTED MOVING OUT OF OFFICE BUILDINGS, HEADING FOR SIDEWALKS AND PARKS.
SOT: That was scary, so scary. I''m trying to figure out what happened.
SOT: For a second, it was a very small vibration then it started just getting worse and worse ...
[Notes:VO traffic jam]
SOON ... MANY DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY, EVERYONE SEEMING TO TAKE TO THE STREETS AT ONCE ... LEADING TO THE KIND OF GRIDLOCK THAT USUALLY COMES WITH WINTER STORMS HERE.
[Notes:VO man on phone]
AS PEOPLE TOOK TO THEIR MOBILE DEVICES TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED ... SIGNS OF DAMAGE STARTED APPEARING.
[Notes:VO various of National Cathedral pinnacle damage]
AT THE FAMED NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ... PART OF A PINNACLE, GONE. OTHERS, SEEMINGLY NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
[Notes:SUPER: The Very Rev. Samuel Lloyd / Dean, Washington National Cathedral]
SOT: You can see in a few places some scattered stone, and rock on the ground that indicates there has been some crumbling. And you can see a few small cracks but they aren''t deep to the naked eye and they don''t indicate major damage at all ...
A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WILL BE HERE SOON ... FOR A CLOSER INSPECTION.
[Notes:SUPER: Frances Thornhill / Neighbor of National Cathedral]
SOT: Seeing that knocked off like that and crooked like that, it''s devastating. I took quite a few pictures. But I''m really shocked.
[Notes:VO in front of Lincoln Memorial]
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CLOSED MONUMENTS ...
SOT: It just started slowly shaking ... Like standing on a bowl of jelly.
SOT: Everybody ran out screaming ... People lost their shoes actually.
AT UNION STATION ... EVERYTHING SLOWED DOWN ... AMTRAK AND SUBWAY TRAINS TOLD TO GO SLOW ... ENOUGH TIME TO GAWK AT SOME DAMAGE TO THE CEILING.
[Notes:VO pool camera of White House exterior]
THIS CAMERA SHOT OF THE WHITE HOUSE ... GETTING A JOLT.
[Notes:VO cars at standstill on street, man running]
THE NATION''S CAPITAL ... SHAKEN ... ON A SUMMER DAY.

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