So I guess we had it easy over at the Silver Gate - there were no problems getting in. But our photographer Johnny and his girlfriend Risa waited for hours at the Blue Gate (better tickets), only to be turned away. Because the generator to the walk-through metal detector broke down, police forces had no choice other than using wands to check people, and the space filled up before they could get through. Also, Johnny overheard an officer saying that part of the reason why the space filled up is because people were wearing big winter coats (duh) and the fact that more tickets were printed than were available.
Here's a video of Johnny's dad being interviewed on the local ABC station about the hassle of getting turned away. Apparently there were no police to be seen in the area.
Ticket Fail
The official blog of the 2009 inauguration in Washington DC through the eyes of Andrew Spear, Kristin Majcher, and Johnny Simon.
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