that was probably one of the hardest radio calls. i kind of looked at doc, and kind of pointed over towards the crash, he said, that s, there s nobody in that. pete: joining me now is joining me now is karen, you re a dear friend, it s so wonderful to see you. it has been amazing to know you for almost these ten years since that terrible day. aaron is a hero, and this film tells that story. first of all, one day past the 10-year mark, what are you thinking about when you think back on extortion 17? i, you know, pete, it s so good to talk to you. you know, i just think back about all the mystery surrounding it, how there was just, seemed like such a lack of transparency. seemed like the only people who wanted us to ask questions were the leaders who were there that cay day. i know billy talks about this,
time was to maintain high visibility along constitution avenue, namely, the blocks leading up to presidents park where then president donald trump was holding his gathering. as the morning progressed and the crowd of protesters began to swell on the east side of the capitol, many displaying trump flags, the crowd was chanting slogans like stop the steal and we want trump. but the demonstration was still being conducted in a peaceful manner. i continued to monitor the radio. i could hear commander glover leading the defense efforts at the capitol as the protesters began their transition from peaceful assembly into terrorism. then i heard urgent radio calls for additional officers to respond to the west side and an exclamation, a desperate voice that demonstrators on the west side had breached the fence. jimmy and i immediately began to search for an area where we could be of most assistance.
deployment to iraq. we started that day at 7:30 a.m., and our assignment at the time was to maintain high visibility along constitution avenue, namely, the blocks leading up to presidents park where then president donald trump was holding his gathering. as the morning progressed and the crowd of protesters began to swell on the east side of the capitol, many displaying trump flags, the crowd was chanting slogans like stop the steal and we want trump. but the demonstration was still being conducted in a peaceful manner. i continued to monitor the radio. i could hear commander glover leading the defense efforts at the capitol as the protesters began their transition from peaceful assembly into terrorism. then i heard urgent radio calls for additional officers to respond to the west side and an exclamation, a desperate voice that demonstrators on the west side had breached the fence. jimmy and i immediately began
and we want trump. but demonstration was still being conducted in a peaceful manner. earlier that afternoon, capitol police dispatch advised all units over the radio that we had an active 10-100 at the republican national committee nearby. 10-100 is police code for suspicious package such as a potential bomb. that radio dispatch got my attention, and i started to get more nervous and worried, especially because the crowds on the east front of the capitol were continuing to grow. around the same time, i started receiving reports on the radio about large crowd movements around the capitol, coming from the direction of the ellipse to both the west and east fronts of the capitol. then i heard urgent radio calls for additional officers to respond to the west side and an
we want trump. but demonstration was still being conducted in a peaceful manner. earlier that afternoon, capitol police dispatch advised all units over the radio that we have an active 10-100, at the republican national committee nearby. that is police code for suspicious package such as a potential bomb. that radio dispatch got my attention and i started to get more nervous and worried, especially because of the crowds on east front of the capitol were continuing to grow. around the same time i started receiving reports on the radio about large crowd movements around the capitol coming from the direction of the ellipse to both the west and east fronts of the capitol. then i heard urgent radio calls for additional officers to respond to the west side and an exclamation, a desperate voice