--- title: Subway Couple Listens to Kavanaugh Hearings, Ford Testimony description: A photo of a couple listening to the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford while riding the 1 subway train has gone viral. canonical: https://time.com/5408991/subway-couple-kavanaugh/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-27T20:56:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:09.043Z og:title: Couple Listening to Kavanaugh Hearings on Subway Goes Viral og:description: Relatable for the millions watching og:url: https://time.com/5408991/subway-couple-kavanaugh/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16a03a1393e9ed2f/69893b54929fad178bbf1b04/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5328 og:image:height: 2997 og:image:alt: Supreme Court Kavanaugh, Washington, USA - 27 Sep 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Couple Listening to Kavanaugh Hearings on Subway Goes Viral twitter:description: Relatable for the millions watching twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16a03a1393e9ed2f/69893b54929fad178bbf1b04/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Couple Listening to the Kavanaugh Hearings on the Subway Goes Viral  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 27, 2018 8:56 PM UTC  Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 27, 2018. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 27, 2018.Saul Loeb/AP/REX/Shutterstock—Saul Loeb/AP/REX/Shutterstock  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 27, 2018 8:56 PM UTC An image of a couple spotted intently listening to the confirmation hearings of [Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh](http://time.com/5408177/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-testimony/) while riding the subway on Thursday has gone viral. In a photo shared in a tweet by reporter Amanda Aronczyk, an older couple is seen listening to a phone playing the hearings while riding the uptown 1 subway train in New York City. The couple appears to be completely engrossed by the hearings, a sentiment no doubt shared by millions of Americans who tuned into on Thursday morning to watch and listen to the testimony of [Dr. Christine Blasey Ford](http://time.com/5408503/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearings-women-reaction/), who alleged that [Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her](http://time.com/5397627/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault/) at a high school party. During her testimony, Dr. Blasey Ford described her alleged sexual assault by Kavanaugh and its traumatic effect on her life. Ford often held back tears, noted that she was “terrified” and that she only came forward because she felt it was her “civic duty.” Since Ford has spoken out about her alleged sexual assault, Kavanaugh has been [accused of two more alleged instances of sexual misconduct.](http://time.com/5406825/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-monica-lewinsky-anita-hill/) It was a riveting moment for Americans watching. See the photo of the couple, which garnered nearly 20,000 likes below. > [](https://twitter.com/aronczyk/status/1045372845537267712) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5408991/subway-couple-kavanaugh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5408991/subway-couple-kavanaugh/"},"headline":"Couple Listening to the Kavanaugh Hearings on the Subway Goes Viral","datePublished":"2018-09-27T20:56:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:09.043Z","description":"Relatable","url":"https://time.com/5408991/subway-couple-kavanaugh/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16a03a1393e9ed2f/69893b54929fad178bbf1b04/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16a03a1393e9ed2f/69893b54929fad178bbf1b04/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Kavanaugh, Washington, USA - 27 Sep 2018","caption":"Supreme Court Kavanaugh, Washington, USA - 27 Sep 2018","creditText":"Saul Loeb/AP/REX/Shutterstock—Saul Loeb/AP/REX/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5408991/subway-couple-kavanaugh/","name":"Couple Listening to the Kavanaugh Hearings on the Subway Goes Viral"}}]}] ```