Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

Nobody knew what was happening in the tunnel, and nobody is able to tell me who should have known or what we should do about it.

I need to know, could this happen tomorrow? Are you satisfied with what is on the ground?

I regard it as an unplanned event. Sure, there was planning, and, sure, most of the planning worked.

There just would have been no inauguration, let's face it, without Metro.