Team starts external inspection of Washington Monument

Shortly after 9:30 Tuesday morning, a small hatch opened on the south face of the Washington Monument just beneath its peak, about 550 feet above the ground.

A damp wind blew from the west, and low clouds outlined the dirty white obelisk as passersby began to turn their eyes and cameras skyward.

Then, David Megerle, in a yellow hard hat, blue polo shirt and tan cargo pants, slithered out of the opening. From the ground, he looked like a large bug crawling over the marble "pyramidium" at the top of the monument.

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Greg Miller 28 Sep, 2011

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