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Outside, more and more are trying to fight their way in. d.c. police officer michael fanom is dragged and being beaten. >> officer fanom suffered a mild heart attack after being tased and beaten. one of the officers wounded the the protest. another officer is officer brian sicknick. sprayed with the chemical and would die the next day. officially of a stroke. though the riot later overruled
Crushed. one officer, daniel hodges, screaming as his body pressed on the door. officer michael fanom heard the radio call and rushed to help. his body camera captures the moment he faced the mob of thousands. >> we were in a medieval battle. >> this is hand to hand combat in its most brutal form. >> the rioters fighting to get inside. they hit police with bats and sticks. batons, tasers. >> guys were bleeding. >> these were officers i think on a normal circumstances they would be in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. they were not because there were nowhere to go. if you left that line,...
Going the lose that door and that was not an option. >> fanom trying to defend the line was yanked across it. >> i was pulled away from the other officers out into the crowd. his own body camera, a jumbo of confusion and violence. >> that was like the ass beating of a lifetime. >> you were in a police uniform. >> yes. >> the mob grabbed for his gun and someone repeatedly tased him in the neck. >> they were trying to kill me. >> fanom struggling to survive outside the capitol trying to defend lawmakers still trapped inside. >> we were told that there had