Shoulder to shoulder

9:10 a.m. Tuesday
Washington, D.C.

We left the townhouse at 5:30 a.m. and arrived at the Metro station at 6 a.m. Four Metro trains must have passed us before we got on one. Our Metro came to a standstill. (Sirens blaring in the background.) We must have stopped so many times.

Once we got to the station, there were so many people. We were shoulder to shoulder. There were legions of people. We're just trying to find a place to settle down.

Colin Stragar-Rice
Senior