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DEL.ICIO.USCrowds arrive in predawn chill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Weather fit for a fish wasn’t enough to deter hundreds of Atlantans — from babies bundled up in their strollers to their parents — from lining up in the wet, 48-degree chill to get into the Georgia Aquarium to see the live broadcast of the “Today” on NBC.
“I was here at 4:45 a.m. and already there were 15, maybe 20, people lined up,” said aquarium volunteer Clay Rising.
By 5:50 a.m., more than 300 people were lined up and waiting patiently to be in the popular morning show’s audience.
Lesley and Sean Goodwin of Senoia brought their children Seth, 8, and 3-year-old J.T., to see the opening day of the watery wonder in downtown Atlanta.
“I think they’re going to love it,” Lesley Goodwin said. “I know I will.”
18-month-old Skyler Melton peered wide-eyed from his stroller while gobbling up fish-shaped candy. His parents, Allison Melton and Daniel Wilkins, waited in line. Like many, the couple said they had won tickets to be in the “Today” show audience.
The Today show started at 7 a.m. The first visitors were allowed into the aquarium at about 6 a.m.
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