The women's March put midtown Manhattan at a standstill on Saturday. We followed one group as they tried to navigate those packed streets. Political reporter Courtney Gross filed this report.
They came to march, but most of the time they stood still.
As thousands poured into the street for the Women's March on New York City, we followed one group in what turned out to be a somewhat chaotic journey through Midtown.
They gathered around 11 a.m. Saturday morning at the start of the route.
"I am a native New Yorker and we've had these issues for years and years and years and I've always said we have to get out in the streets and be heard," said protester Carole Barone.
"It was either D.C. or New York and I felt like we needed to be here," said protester Tanya Jones, who brought her granddaughters.
They set off to march around noon. But Second Avenue, the first section of the march route, was packed with protesters.
They had nowhere to march to.
They waited at a near standstill for an hour.
So there was a detour — cut west to Fifth Avenue and rejoin the march there.
"It's spreading all over," Jones said.
Along the way, the group split, lost in the crowds of protesters taking over the streets.
Two of them opted for Fifth Avenue, rejoining a massive crowd that was moving nowhere.
"In order to get our voices heard, there is going to be things beyond just waiting in line at a march, you know what I mean, the drums are playing people are pumped up out here," Jones said.
Eventually, hours later, the group reunited in the shadow of Trump Tower.
"I just hope that it reaches someone that can help make changes," Barone said. "Today was such a beautiful display of what happens when people come together for a cause."
All told, it took these women three and a half hours to walk this revised route, shortcuts and all. They said it was a Saturday well spent.