Lafayette locals in DC for inauguration

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLFI) - News Channel 18 caught up with four different people from our area in the nation's capitol for inauguration events.  They talked about their experience and their plans to get the best seat to see history in the making.

Crowds pack the capitol and one among the two million faces is Lafayette City Council man Steve Meyer.
 

"It's pretty crowded, but everyone is in a good mood. They are really great. Helping everyone out at the subway station if you are lost. They stop to help you," explained Meyer.

WLFI's Laura Kirtley who lived near Capitol Hill returned for the ceremony and said the city has an energy she has never seen.

 "There's a lot of comraderie. Everyone is really unified around this event," she said.

Two sisters from Purdue, Sara and Chellie Zou, said they've come close to seeing the nation's soon to be leader, who had dinner at their hotel.

"The motorcade pulled up and everyone in the lobby you could hear them saying 'he's here, he's here.' So we're all trying to see if we could get a glimpse of him but we couldn't," said Sara.

But the Obama sighting everyone hopes to see is the swearing in ceremony. Some say they won't leave a glance at history in the making to chance.

"We'll be up. Really it... it will be more like night time when we leave to head out over there to take on the crowds," said Chellie.
 

"We're going to head out around six and head down to the mall. Security kept saying they couldn't believe the crowds. They had underestimated the crowds they were going to see," said Kirtley.

With a long wait outside until the ceremony begins, one item inauguration goers hope to see a lot of Porta Potties.
 

"I've been told they've brought in more Porta Potties because there was a concern there was only one Porta Potty for every 6,000 people. I'm just going to cool it with the coffee."

Good advice for anyone who doesn't want to miss a minute of the experience.

The Zou twins and Steve Meyer, will be blogging for WLFI.  You can also see the inauguration live on WLFI and on our website at 10:30 am.

Steve Meyer's WLFI Blog

Purdue Silver Twins' WLFI Blog