Omari Prince, 31, of Chicago, hopped on a bus at 7 p.m. Monday and arrived in Washington, D.C., at 6 a.m. today, just hours before Barack Obama was sworn in.
Although Prince got only fours of sleep during the bus ride and was planning to get back on a bus tonight for another all-nighter back to Chicago, he said the trip was worth it.
"I feel like I am part of history," said Prince. an analyst for an internet company.
Prince said he has been following Obana since he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004. Prince also lives almost across the street from the Obama residence in the Hyde Park section of Chicago, but he has never met the new president.
Prince's mother. Virginia Prince, 66, made a last-minute decision to accompany her son on the bus trip organized by the Chicago Nurses Association. The two walked from the Washington Monument to the Capitol. "I think I've lost 30 pounds," she joked.
Omari Prince said overall he enjoyed Obama's speech. "I hope he practices what he preaches," he said.
--Bennett Roth
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