To reach the Capitol’s main entrance there are eighty-three marble steps to climb. It was in front of those steps, on an unseasonably hot day in early spring, that the protesters who had come to Washington assembled. Pushing themselves out of their wheelchairs, dropping their crutches to the side, leaving any other mobility assistance behind, they began to climb the steps. Some landed softly with help from friends; while others fell out of their chairs directly onto the bottom step.
