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So far, and yet so close
Mike Ford of McCook and his son, Harry, and friends were disappointed that the best view they could get of President Barack Obama's swearing in was the view at top -- until, that is, they found out thousands of other people with tickets weren't even able to get inside the gates. "Did you get in?" was the first question most people asked for the rest of their visit, Mike said. Other scenes from the big day Jan. 20 include Harry, center right photo, and fellow Obama campaign worker Sonny Tsou, left; Obama at the inaugural ball for campaign workers, and former President George W. Bush's helicopter making a farewell pass over Washington. Harry is a senior political science major at the University of Nebraska Kearney and Sonny is a philosophy major at the University of California at Los Angeles. Harry had his photograph taken in a Burrito to Go T-shirt in homage to his uncle's franchise in Broomfield, Colo.