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17 photos show Americans across the country stopping to watch Christine Blasey Ford's historic testimony in the middle of the work day
17 photos show Americans across the country stopping to watch Christine Blasey Ford's historic testimony in the middle of the work day
Ashley CollmanSep 28, 2018, 02:23 IST
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CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 27: Patrons watch the television at the Billy Goat Tavern during the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill where professor Christine Blasey Ford was testifying about being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on September 27, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of pinning her down and attempting to rape her when they were both teens.(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Scott Olson/Getty
Though it took place in the middle of the work day, many Americans stopped what they were doing on Thursday to watch Christine Blasey Ford testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her at a party when they were both in high school.
As Ford gave her side of the story, Americans watched in bars, at their offices, and in classrooms across the country.
They watched in bars and offices. Some even tuned in on their transcontinental flights. A teacher in Boston projected the hearing onto her whiteboard so her students could witness history.
Dozens took to social media to reflect on what it felt like to see Ford speak about the alleged sexual assault, which she says happened at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
"I felt her pain and her terror as I watched," one Instagram user wrote.
Zette Emmons was on a JetBlue flight from New York to San Francisco when the hearing started. Almost everyone around her tuned in on their seatback TVs.
In Los Angeles, CNN's local bureau broadcast the hearing on TVs that face out to the street.
This Instagram user who posted this photo watched Ford speak while waiting in line for lunch. She wrote that she could "feel her pain and her terror as I watched."
