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Outside tripoli's center, there's this, one-time axis of all power and untold evil. a huge complex of sinister offices, barracks, residences, on top of a rabbit warren of secret tunnels and underground facilities. the bab al-azizia -- gaddafi's enormous compound. ♪ >> anthony: most everything belonging to or associated with gaddafi was destroyed. nato continually bombed strategic locations within the compound. and on august 23rd, 2011, it fell to the rebels, gaddafi and his family having fled.

>> allah akbar. >> outside tripoli center there is this. one time axis of all power and untold evil, a huge complex of sinister offices, bar acs residences, residences on top of a rabbit warren of underground facilities. ghafdy's enormous compound. and our august 23rd, 2011 it fell to the rebels. gafdy and his family having fled. this is what's left of ghadaffi's palace.

Enormous compound. >> anthony: most everything belonging to or associated with gaddafi was destroyed. nato continually bombed strategic locations within the compound. and on august 23rd, 2011 it fell to the rebels, gaddafi and his family having fled. this is what's left of gaddafi's palace.

Enormous compound. >> anthony: most everything belonging to or associated with gaddafi was destroyed. nato continually bombed strategic locations within the compound. and on august 23rd, 2011, it fell to the rebels, gaddafi and his family having fled. this is what's left of gaddafi's palace.

Even the threat of a terrorist attack, but when a magnitude 5.8 quake rattles the washington monument, that's not surprising the ranger on duty at the top is a little shaken. a rare earthquake jolts a national monument, and a park ranger faces the test of her life. >> i felt very, very, very terrified, very scared. thinking that i may not get out of the building. >> then while inspecting the damage, an engineer is taken for a hair-raising ride. nicolette williams has worked as a park ranger at the national mall in washington, d.c., for two years. she enjoys interacting with tourists from all o...