💠'Our Families Are Dying:' Protesters Shut Down Freeway in Downtown Seattle
A banner on the surface of the freeway read "Our families are being murdered! #Tigray genocide."
According to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), all lanes of I-5 north were blocked at Lakeview.
FOX 13 spoke with two of the demonstrators, Helen and Fedilla, off camera.
They were on the ground but for the safety of their family in Tigray wanted to remain anonymous.
"Our families are dying, our children, their kids being slaughtered," Helen said.
"We're not sure if anybody's alive, or dead or what the case is," Fedilla said.
They were a part of the peaceful caravan, which turned into a headache for those gridlocked, they said they did it for their loved ones, living through a humanitarian crisis.
"This isn't a political issue, it's ethnic cleansing, they're not going to stop until all of Tigray is dead," Fedilla said.
Friday, Nov. 4, marked two years since the war started.
During this time, these protesters and thousands of others have not been able to communicate with their families.
"They don't have electricity, they don't have phone, they don't have access to medicine. So we're here to make a point," Helen said.
The demonstrators were seen waving flags, standing and chanting out of their cars as they say 91% of the people in Tigray are being starved to death.
"Nobody wants to be on the freeway, putting anybody at risk or inconveniencing people, but it's sort of like desperate times call for desperate measures," Fedilla said.
Fedilla says a peace treaty was signed two days ago,but the situation has only worsened after Ethiopia bombed Tigray four hours later.
"Then they bombed them again the next day, so we're seeing that this isn't a matter of peace," Fedilla said.
The war now one of the deadliest conflicts in the world globally now being referred to as the Forgotten War, until now.