Pittsburgh-area supporters witness Donald Trump's inauguration

People from across the Pittsburgh-area headed to Washington, D.C., to witness the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

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Westmoreland County resident and avid Trump supporter Dana Robinson made the 58th inauguration a family affair. Robinson headed to Washington with her son and mother to attend the event.

They all left New Kensington in the early morning hours to get to Washington along with three busloads of self-proclaimed “Trump fanatics.”

“I haven’t slept,” Robinson said. And she won’t be getting any shuteye any time soon. In addition to the swearing-in, Robinson also received tickets for the inaugural parade and is attending one of three official inaugural balls. Her “date” will be her son, Brandon.

“It’s an honor to even be in the same room with Mr. Trump,” he said.

Brandon's actually been in the same room with the president before. When Trump came to Pittsburgh on a campaign stop, Trump asked him if he had any questions for him.

“I figured he didn’t have time for a country boy like me. And he smiled and he said, ‘I’ve got time for any question,’” he said.

Brandon asked him to name his soon-to-be-born daughter. Trump suggested the name Mary, after his late mother, and the rest is history. The baby was named by the 45th president of the United States.

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Leslie Rossi was one of the early Trump supporters and today was crossing the finish line for her.

“We are so excited. We waited so long for this day,” Rossi said.

Channel 11 caught up with her as she waited in line to get her seat, front and center at the inauguration.

“Everywhere, people were coming up and asking me to autograph things. ‘Oh, it’s the Trump House lady,” Rossi said.

The “Trump House lady” was the nickname given to her after she turned her Westmoreland County house into a giant campaign sign for Donald Trump.

Her house was featured in national and international publication. She was so confident Trump would win that she booked her Washington hotel room months before the election.

It was a bet that paid off.

“I’m so excited to be here. I wouldn’t miss it,” Rossi said.

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Tara Nath from Bethel Park also made the trip.

"There's going to be hundreds of thousands of people, if not a million people here today," Nath said before the inauguration started. "Just to be here with all of those people supporting our country, is just something I'll remember forever."

About 100 students from the North Allegheny School District boarded buses headed for the inauguration early Friday, and the Franklin Regional High School marching band had the privilege of playing in the inaugural parade.

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