joining m now, one of the heroes who defended our capitol that day and testified about it before the select committee, d.c. metropolitan police officer michael fanone and my friend. mike, thank you. good to see you. thank you. we don t know exactly why officer hashida or officer defreytag took their own lives. but we talk about the january 6th insurrection and the impact it s had on your mental health and other officers. how big of a struggle is this for officers? i mean, i think it s it s we re experiencing what i would describe as an epidemic of law enforcement suicides. it s a big problem. it s not just that, also. it s this. it s the denial of what happened to you by the very some of the very folks you saved. i want to put up this video. this is video, it shows how you almost died on january 6th.
life. d.c. police officer jeffrey smith and howard liebengood also took their lives. joining us now, michael fanone. good evening. thank you. we don t know exactly why the officers took their own lives. but we talked about the january 6th insurrection and the impact hit on your mental health and other officers. how big of a struggle is this for officers? i mean, i think it s it s we re experiencing what i would describe as an epidemic, law enforcement suicides, it s a big problem. it s not just that, also.