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Capitol Police Sergeant Recalls Jan. 6 Riot: 'This Is How I'm Going to Die'
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1:55Now PlayingU.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell described how he had to fend off rioters during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
Gonell, an Iraq veteran, had surgery on his foot and injuries from which he struggled to recover.
A committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection opened its first hearing Tuesday with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building - an effort to put a human face on the violence of the day.
"I too was being crushed by the rioters," Gonell said. "I could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, 'this is how I'm going to die, defending this entrance.'"
The police officers who are testifying endured some of the worst of the brutality. They were punched, trampled, crushed and sprayed with chemical irritants.
They were called racial slurs and threatened with their own weapons as the mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmed them, broke through windows and doors and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential win.
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