Students thrilled at inauguration

Posted by Rick Orlov on January 21, 2009 6:39 AM | | Comments (0) |

They rose before dawn Tuesday, fought freezing temperatures and stood squeezed together in a crowd of a million or more to watch Barack Obama become the nation's first African-American president. Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

"It's just so amazing," said Olivia Wood, 11. "Obama's finally president. It seems almost unreal."

Olivia is one of 18 students from Children's Community School in Van Nuys visiting the capital this week to witness Obama's inauguration and complete a key element of their course work.

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