So did students at The Media School at Indiana University, where the hearing was broadcast from multiple channels on a large screen.
Students at Columbia University's School of Journalism watched Ford's testimony while trying to meet deadlines.
An English teacher in Boston projected the hearing onto her whiteboard so that her students could witness the moment of history.
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."
Women attending a summit hosted by The New York Times in Brooklyn took a break to watch Ford speak.
Supporters of Ford gathered in Sen. Ted Cruz's office to watch the hearing, too.