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One month since January 6th:
People I report on, work with, like, dislike, love very much, annoy, ask questions to, answer questions from, talk to every day or have never talked to before were in the Capitol that day.
None of us should have feared for our lives. Not one.
People I report on, work with, like, dislike, love very much, annoy, ask questions to, answer questions from, talk to every day or have never talked to before were in the Capitol that day.
None of us should have feared for our lives. Not one.
I have 14 people on my team. We were scattered everywhere.
Two of them were on crutches and couldn’t have run if they had to. They had to anyway.
One was trapped in the House chamber and had to crawl out to hide.
Two of them were on crutches and couldn’t have run if they had to. They had to anyway.
One was trapped in the House chamber and had to crawl out to hide.
I sent an email out to our network “THEY’VE BREACHED. USCP ORDERED US INTO ROOMS”
This is what we heard on intercom:
“Security threat,security threat, security threat inside the building.
Lock down all doors.”
I don’t remember sending that email. I do remember the intercom.
This is what we heard on intercom:
“Security threat,security threat, security threat inside the building.
Lock down all doors.”
I don’t remember sending that email. I do remember the intercom.
Four of us barricaded ourselves in a room off the Senate chamber. Every bang on the door of them trying to come through I can still hear in my head.
The worst part? Not knowing if your people are OK. The silence from them is agonizing. You think “please text. Email in reporting. Tweet something.”
I got a phone call I couldn’t answer. Texted back “Not now. They’re trying to come through the door.”
That lasted an hour
I got a phone call I couldn’t answer. Texted back “Not now. They’re trying to come through the door.”
That lasted an hour
Something I learned in this. Memorize the phone numbers of the people you love. We all just tap a button to call/text from our phone. What happens when you don’t have your own phone?
You stare at the phone of a friend or stranger and are paralyzed. “I don’t know the number.”
You stare at the phone of a friend or stranger and are paralyzed. “I don’t know the number.”
A month later. The building is being repaired, the broken glass and smashed wood is mostly repaired.
There is a softness that didn’t exist before. You hear “hey, how are you?” but there’s weight behind it. We all really want to know how each other are actually doing.
There is a softness that didn’t exist before. You hear “hey, how are you?” but there’s weight behind it. We all really want to know how each other are actually doing.
My team was safe. My friends and colleagues are safe. My person is safe. I’m grateful beyond words. It could have been so much worse.
But it never should have happened at all. It never should have been.
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But it never should have happened at all. It never should have been.
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