At March in Tallahassee - maybe exceed capacity UPDATE - 15,000 attended!
Last edited Sat Jan 21, 2017, 10:24 PM - Edit history (2)
They moved the rally inside because of weather. People still coming and it's shoulder to shoulder!
The venue was maxed out - lots of people left out in the rain. Some of those marched on to the Florida Capitol Building, the original march destination.
I was seated in the balcony above the floor - we arrived early and I realized I would never make it up the hill from the starting rally point so my husband took me to the end rally point. He ended up leaving our car there, walked down the hill to the start and came back with the crowd. By the time he got there the balcony was beyond capacity and the fire marshal was stopping people from coming in. My husband got inside where I could see him - which was good since he could not hear his phone.
A little after I spotted him I was maxed out on being in a crowd (that's why I don't go to many events, I just can't take being around a lot of people for long). Since we could not hear the speeches we decided to leave. The line of severe rain and weather was visible on the horizon so before we left we gave the cheap raincoats we had purchased for the march to two women who had to get back to their cars.
I'm not sure how many people made the march or how many were inside the building. While waiting the women at the venue told me they were expecting between 1500 and 2000. I believe the capacity for the building is only 600 people!
For photos of the event see the Florida Planned Parenthood Alliance Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FAPPA/photos/
ETA - Just got an email from the organizers:
January 21 at 7:24pm
Thank you to all the 15,000+ people who came out today and marched in solidarity. Every one of you is amazing.
#WomensMarch on Tallahassee
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