"In between the screams and the yells," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said about her experience during the January Capitol riot, "I mean, I thought I was going to die."
Mobile vet centers deployed at Capitol to provide mental health resources for siege survivors, responders Pro-Trump protestors storm the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. (Sarah Sicard/Staff) To help those who responded to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol siege cope with the unseen wounds of that attack, the Department of Veterans Affairs is moving two of its mobile vet centers onto Capitol Hill. They have been deployed to “ensure those impacted by the events of Jan. 6th can access support and mental health resources needed during this critical time,” according to a joint statement released Tuesday morning by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., acting VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Richard Stone, and acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda D. Pittman.
Mobile vet centers deployed at Capitol to provide mental health resources for siege survivors, responders Pro-Trump protestors storm the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. (Sarah Sicard/Staff) To help those who responded to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol siege cope with the unseen wounds of that attack, the Department of Veterans Affairs is moving two of its mobile vet centers onto Capitol Hill. They have been deployed to “ensure those impacted by the events of Jan. 6th can access support and mental health resources needed during this critical time,” according to a joint statement released Tuesday morning by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., acting VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Richard Stone, and acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda D. Pittman.
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A memorial for US Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick near the US Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 14, 2021 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON The US Capitol police officer who died after being injured in the January 6 attack by pro-Trump rioters will lie in honor at the building’s Rotunda, lawmakers said Friday, a mark of respect rarely bestowed.
Brian Sicknick was reportedly struck in the head with a fire extinguisher while struggling with the rioters who swarmed through the halls of Congress.
The 42-year-old member of the force that protects the ground of the Congress returned to his division office where he collapsed and was taken to the hospital, according to the Capitol Police.
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was killed during a riot by Trump supporters at the Capitol Jan. 6, will be the fifth person to "lie in honor."