At least four National Park Service workers are erecting a barricade around the World War II memorial, John McCormack reports:

4 National Park Service employees maintaining WWII memorial barricade. Guess they don't know CPR. pic.twitter.com/wOXeLbPs44

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn)
October 2, 2013

Charlie Spiering reports that there could be at least 7 staffers there, including a bulldozer:

Live from the WWII memorial where park officials are setting up more gates and tape to block visitors pic.twitter.com/XkzBTWFMEE

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering)
October 2, 2013

7 officials working here today - one carrying wire ties pic.twitter.com/9LEz4WrSg7

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering)
October 2, 2013

After conferring with each other for a moment, park workers fled after cameras started filming. No wire ties on the gates.

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering)
October 2, 2013

With that kind of staff, couldn't they just have opened the Memorial?