‘Tears to our eyes’: Spectators gather at Space View Park for SpaceX Crew-11 launch

SO EXCITING. AND FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW, SO MANY PEOPLE GATHERED AT SPACE VIEW PARK. AND THANK YOU. WE ARE CLEAR TO SEE CREW 11. LIFTOFF. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND WESH 2’S. PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA PAOLA. MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY, THE HEAT DID NOT STOP ANYBODY FROM COMING OUT TODAY. NO, CHRISTINA. IT CERTAINLY DID NOT. BUT NOW THAT THE LAUNCH IS OVER, FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYONE CLEARED OUT. I WAS SO EXCITED THOUGH, TALKING TO EVERYONE. PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER. I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THIS NOON LIVE SHOT, BUT LET’S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN CECILIA WHO IS HERE FROM MEXICO. AND SO TELL ME, WHAT BROUGHT YOU OUT TO FLORIDA. YEAH. LIKE ALL ALL MY DREAM IS LIKE GOING TO SPACE. SO I FLY HERE FROM MEXICO CITY TO SEE THE ROCKET LAUNCH. AND SO I’M SO EXCITED. YEAH. SO YOU CAME ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO SEE THE ROCKET LAUNCH? YEAH. KIND OF AN EXPLORER. AND GO TO KENNEDY LIKE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND VISIT MY FRIEND AND. YEAH. AND SO I MEAN BEING ABLE TO WATCH THAT. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU? OH, IT WAS LIKE A DREAM. LIKE I CRIED. IT’S LIKE MY FIRST ROCKET LAUNCH IN. YEAH, IN HERE IN FLORIDA. SO IT WAS LIKE A DREAM FOR ME. LIKE I SAW ANOTHER ROCKET LAUNCH WHEN I WAS LANDING IN FLORIDA. LIKE, FROM THE AIRPLANE. YEAH. OH MY GOODNESS. AND WHAT MADE YOU SO INTERESTED IN SPACE? SINCE I WAS A KID, I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, BUT IN MEXICO IT’S SO DIFFICULT. SO I HAVE BEEN TRAINING IN SOME PLACES AROUND THE WORLD TO, TO, TO HAVE THAT DREAM. WELL, I’M SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF YOUR DREAM COME TRUE TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, CECILIA. AND OF COURSE, FOR THE MOST PART, LIKE I SAID, IT HAS CLEARED OUT. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LINGERING, BUT PEOPLE BROUGHT CHAIRS AND WATERS EVERYTHING FOR THIS LAUNCH AND WE WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN. FOR NOW, COVERING THE SPACE COAST LIVE IN TITUSVILLE, PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA, WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT, SO HERE’S WHAT’S NEXT FOR CREW 11. THEY’RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT ABOUT 15 HOURS BEFORE THEY DOCK AT THE ES, WHICH IS SET TO HAPPEN AROUND 3:00 TOMORROW MORNING. YOU CAN COUNT ON WESH TWO FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE CREW 11 MISSION HERE ON THE AIR AND ONLI