I watched the news coverage of the event and the crowds in Grant Park from my living room in Tucson and, even at that impersonal distance, it was incredibly moving.

Heck, I watched it on youtube from New Zealand the next day and it was moving!!

Thanks so much for this entry, you've brought tears to my eyes...you are SOO lucky!!! And I feel so lucky to be able to read this! Ditto what Yoko and A_N said!!!