du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>Crow was keeping tabs on the proceedings from the gallery above the House floor. He was there just to watch, sitting with 15-20 other Democratic members of Congress and preparing to speak later in the day.<\/p>\n
Crow was watching the scene outside the Capitol unfold on his phone and knew that rioters were getting closer and closer to the House chambers. He, too, saw Pelosi get whisked away along with Vice President Mike Pence. Police then began evacuating members from the House floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the time they got the members off the floor, the mob had broken through into the Capitol and cut off the route out,\u201d Crow said.<\/p>\n
Capitol Police then began locking all of the doors into the House. Officers moved furniture from the chamber floor to barricade the doors and windows. But the rioters were determined as they yelled and pounded on the entrances. They were undeterred despite being at gunpoint.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were getting ready to make a stand,\u201d said Crow, a former Army Ranger who received a Bronze Star. \u201cI thought for a couple minutes there that I was going to have to fight my way out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crow began running from door to door in the gallery, making sure that each one was locked. There was nothing available to use as barricades because seats in the gallery are bolted down.<\/p>\n
He ushered older lawmakers away from the doors. He instructed his fellow congressmen and congresswomen to remove the lapel pins marking their status as lawmakers so that they wouldn\u2019t become targets. He helped them put on their gas masks. He held the hand of U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, a Pennsylvania Democrat, reassuring her that they would be OK.<\/p>\n
\u201cSusan is a friend and she was upset,\u201d Crow said. \u201cAnd I was upset, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
A photo captured the moment. Wild was lying on the gallery floor, apparently taking cover behind a railing. She clutched her chest in one hand, her face paralyzed with fear, while Crow grasped the other.<\/p>\n
Like Neguse, Crow reached out to his wife, Deserai, to tell her he loved her. \u201cTell the kids I love them, too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knows that I\u2019m somebody that when I\u2019m in a situation like that I like to take action,\u201d he said. \u201cShe just reminded me that I have young kids and not to put myself in a dangerous position.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crow said he was convinced that there was a battle ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI certainly haven\u2019t felt that way since I was in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan,\u201d he said. \u201cI never, in a million years, would have thought I would have been experiencing that as a member of Congress in the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eventually, law enforcement was able to escort the lawmakers to safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still working through it, honestly,\u201d Crow said five hours later. \u201cI\u2019m still processing the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtesy photoDemocrat Jason Crow during his days in the military.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>Buck was on the House floor as the rioters advanced toward the chamber. As was Boebert.<\/p>\n
\u201cLocked in the House chambers,\u201d Boebert tweeted at 2:17 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.<\/p>\n
One minute later she tweeted again. \u201cThe speaker has been removed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Buck said the rioters were trying to enter the House chambers by breaking panes of glass on doors leading to the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt almost sounded like gunfire, but it clearly wasn\u2019t gunfire,\u201d Buck said. \u201cIt was just a metal object breaking the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, lawmakers were ordered to leave.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen they evacuated the floor. We went through the tunnels to evacuation points,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Neguse said he won\u2019t be intimidated by the rioters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel more emboldened than I certainly did this morning,\u201d he said. \u201cThe work that we are doing today is of a critical importance. It\u2019s critical for our country and, frankly, for the rest of the world, to see us finish the job. I intend to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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