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TI: And so eventually, when the community got the word that they had to leave Seattle, what did you think about that?

TT: Didn't know what to expect.

TI: And when you heard that, though, were you surprised or was that kind of like, "Okay, I understand this"? What was your feeling about it?

TT: We followed the news. First of all, we were under curfew. And all the different news, every day, news come out with all kind of speculation. But when they did, we just have to go along with it. So I remember going, we walked from our house to Twentieth and Madison carrying a suitcase. Must have been about a mile or something.

TI: Do you recall ever hearing your brother say anything about this? Because he was a little bit older, out of high school already and working, did he have any comments about what was going on?

TT: Nobody liked it. [Laughs] But then we had to go along with it.

TI: So describe when you got to Twentieth and Madison, what did that look like? Who was there and what was it like?

TT: Oh. People all over the place, suitcases on the sidewalk. We felt sorry for the ones with little kids.

TI: 'Cause they had to carry them and carry their bags or it was hard. They had so many things to do. And so at Twentieth and Union you were picked up. Where did they take you?

TT: Put us on a bus and took us to Puyallup. Twentieth and Madison, couple blocks over from Union. [Laughs]

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