This video is from back in January 2009, when history was made and President Barack Obama was inaugurated into office. The inauguration sold out instantly, but thousands and thousands of people still showed up to try to get in on a piece of the historical action. Washington DC officials must have known it was going to be a crazy day, but no one saw this coming!
Thousands of ticket-holders hoping to see the inauguration of our nation’s first African American president failed to get there, shut out of their spots on the U.S. Capitol’s lawn because of security and crowd-control problems. This included hundreds of people with purple-coded tickets who became stuck for hours in D.C.'s Third Street tunnel, which later became known as the “Purple Tunnel of Doom.” This video shows what happened when some of the trapped people broke out in a song of hope. This video really touched my heart. Isn't this incredible?
If you were moved by these dozens of strangers, all with different backgrounds and beliefs from around the country, coming together in song, please SHARE this powerful video to make others happy today.
