UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — An Upper Saddle River native's son was boarding a flight from Washington D.C. to Vermont when he noticed throngs of people crowding around around someone in the airport.
It wasn't long before Eileen O'Grady's son, Conor Zeya, realized it was U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.
"You'd think it was like, Mick Jagger, or Bono," said O'Grady of Washington D.C., whose father owned a toy store in Hackensack.
Zeya, 16, an avid Sanders supporter, went right up to the politician and simply asked for a photograph together.
"He was very gracious," O'Grady said of Sanders. "He got up with every single person and smiled.
"And of course, he sat in coach."
Click here to follow Daily Voice Northern Highlands and receive free news updates.
