From on the road to right in their backyard.
People giving us a clear picture of what it was like to be not only in the traffic but have the scene so close to their business following a routine traffic stop that left a New York State Trooper in the hospital after being shot.
"It took us," said Delanson resident Robert Furnia "oh my gosh it took me over an hour to come from Cobleskill to here it was just cars coming off 88 because I88 was closed off both ways."
From off the freeway to right in the heart of the scene.
"He said you need to get inside," said Wolfe's market and pizza owner Dennis Wolfe "bring your dogs inside and lock the door."
Both Dennis and his wife Christine say they've never seen anything like this before happen so close to their home.
"We've been here almost 55 years," said Wolfe's market and pizza owner Christine Wolfe "and I've never seen anything like it, and he was in the woods up here and they had lots of dogs they told me they were looking for him and they said he wasn't going to get away because there was helicopters and the whole thing, just like you see in the movie."
A lock down also took place during the Friday school day for Duanesburg Central School District.
Parents told me it was a scary situation.