![Six months after the Aug. 23 earthquake and the Washington Monument is still closed, awaiting repair. What's up with that?
"I don't think it will affect tourism. D.C. has a lot of other stuff like museums, and the White House. [A year's worth of repairs] I think is pretty long."
Christy Chen, 28, Miami, hotel industry](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2012/02/26/chen_s878x1175.jpg?116d107c0b84f9c1d1af07af797156089bc1809d)
Six months after the Aug. 23 earthquake and the Washington Monument is still closed, awaiting repair. What's up with that? "I don't think it will affect tourism. D.C. has a lot of other stuff like museums, and the White House. [A year's worth of repairs] I think is pretty long." Christy Chen, 28, Miami, hotel industry
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