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Caroline Edwards became for many the first police face to appear on a national stage to discuss the Jan. 6 attack. Learn more at Boston.com.

Heavily guarded? >> i remember we walked past we walked down the mall. we walked to the right of the reflecting pool. and then north along the road that leads to the peace circle, and as we were walking along the piece circle, i framed the proud boys to the right of my shot with the capitol behind and i saw one sole police officer at the barriers, which were subsequently breached. we then walked up and passed a tactical unit preparing. and you see that in the film, where the man questions the duty and honor, and you see, maybe a dozen capitol police putting on their riot gear. >> so, how would...

But it's really important for the country to have a full accounting and understanding of what happened. i want to start, officer edwards, with a short clip that shows the horrible moment when you were injured as the peace circle was breach. >> usa, usa, usa! >> usa, usa! [noise] [inaudible] [noise] >> officer edwards, can you describe the crowd that had assembled at the peace circle, as you and your fellow officers stood behind and guarded the bike racks at the peace circle?

But what you have told us is highly relevant. let me highlight a few key facts that you and others have provided the committee. first, there was a large group of proud boys present at the capital capitol. we know that from multiple sources. you now estimate that they were around 250 to 300 individuals that you've testified. they weren't there for president trump's speech. we know this because they left that area to march toward the capitol before the speech began. they walked around the capitol that morning. i'm concerned this allowed them to see what defenses were in place and where weaknesse...

I make efforts to create a familiarity between myself and my subjects, to make them feel comfortable. and the atmosphere was much darker at this day than it had been in these other days. and there was also a contingent of proud boys that i hadn't met before, from arizona, who appeared to wear these orange hats. and had orange armbands. >> so, when the proud boys went back down the hill to the peace circle, did a larger crowd start to gather? >> well, no, first of all, we went down to the back and down the steps. we took some photographs on the east side of the capitol. and then we went to lunc...