"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Ray Lewis, a guy who did so much for the NFL," he said. "To see a guy like that one last time -- we weren't going to miss that for the world."--Kevin Rector
just have to catch the moment while you can. Its part of being young. They were with brothers senior Ray Harrell, 18, and sophomore Anthony Herrell, 15. Fletcher added, Ive just been waiting to be around so many other Ravens fans. The atmosphere is just so lively.--Kevin Rector
Higgins said, "we were about to cross the street going to the stadium and they put the fence up in front of us." Hecht added, "I'll take it though" and they plan to watch the parade from the street. They were with CJ Sindler, 26, of Hampden, and Cevry Civelek, 26, of Charles Village. --Kevin Rector
have been let out. It's not fair, because it's the city team. It should be a city parade, our parade." Jerome Smith said, "This should be a celebration because there's been a lot of years we didn't get to the Super Bowl so everybody should be able to come down and celebrate for them."--Kevin Rector
Shiloh, Lauren Bodnar, 14, in 8th grade at Shiloh, Madison Wiedel, 13, in 7th grade Shiloh, who cheer for the Hampstead Ravens. Of the Ravens, Camryn Albright said, "It's crazy. Winning the Super Bowl was insane. I've never been to an actual Ravens game. But I'll make it next season." --Kevin Rector
arshburn Elementary School in West Baltimore said, "The whole school celebrated Ray Lewis and the Ravens on Friday," but she wanted to make sure she got to the parade, arriving at 8:15 a.m. Reid said "It was exciting, it was exhilerating. The traffic was jammed, but they deserve the best."--Kevin Rector
to get down here. Rosenthal said, "It's huge. This is so great. Ray Lewis retiring and the Ravens winning. You can't beat that." Alvarado, a die-hard Raven fan despite being from Florida explained, "I just watched the NFL and I fell in love with Ray Lewis and the team and the passion."--Kevin Rector
got here from New Orleans. I am a mess right now. I'm seeing double." Her husband stayed home and went to bed. She told him, "You're crazy." Her husband caught a kick at the last home game and hid the ball from officials. She had the ball with her and is hoping Ray Lewis will sign it.--Kevin Rector
were already 30 to 40 people in front of City Hall (they were in the front row). Rodgers said, "I'm so happy this morning and so happy we won." Yesterday, she painted her bedroom walls purple. Williams said, "This is Ravens' country." They had a jersey that said, "Thanks, 52" on the back.--Kevin Rector
