built between 1864 and 1884? and withstood another quake back in the 1800s, a stronger one? listen. >> it is a testament to the original builders that the monument has withstood not just this earthquake, but an even larger one in the late 1800s. they obviously knew what they were doing. >> reporter: yeah, built pretty well a couple of hundred years ago, right? this is some video of some of the debris inside. not only was the quake, but after they got irene coming through, lashed with high winds, they got some flooding because of the rains of irene. it's still closed. maybe closed for a while. but, apparently, it's solid, megyn. should be there for many years to come. megyn: can you imagine? that is scary. think about folks in the washington monument, folks on top of the empire state building, people on those high elevations, tourists in many cases just checking out some of our landmarks when the earth begins to shake, tiles are