From Korea to D.C. to Minnesota, All in a Day's Flying

By CQ Staff | January 20, 2009 4:11 PM | | Comments (0)

If Barack Obama thinks he's had a whirlwind day, the new president should meet 23-year-old Josh Wadinski.

Wadinski's flight from Korea touched down at Dulles International Airport at 9:30 a.m. He jumped on a shuttle and then the Metro to head downtown. By 2:30 p.m., Wadinski was back on the Metro toting three large suitcases and hoping to make it back to Dulles for his 4:20 p.m. connection to Minneapolis.

He had purposely scheduled his trip home after a month-long vacation in Asia on Jan. 20 with a long layover in Washington, D.C., with hopes of witnessing the inaugural ceremony.

Wadinski may have been closer in proximity to Obama than most inaugural visitors during the swearing in - except he was stuck underground. He didn't get to hear a word.

"I've heard it was really good," he said of Obama's speech. "I'm a little sad that I spent my day running around rather than seeing it."

--Colby Itkowitz

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