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I just cry. she kept telling me it's going to be okay. i'm like, no, i got to go back to work. i got to go back to work. >> reporter: for him, the riot is hardly in the rear view. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the failure of a bill to establish a commission to investigate the causes of the insurrection left him devastated but gave him a reason to speak out. >> it hurts me that the country that i love, that i came in, that i have sacrificed so much, don't care about us. they don't. >> reporter: sergeant gonell came forward on the day the january 6th commission bill failed. he cam...

I just cried. i kept telling him, he would be okay and i know i have to go back to work. >> so before trump tries to gas light the nation again tonight, let's set the record straight about what happened on that dark day nearly five months ago tomorrow. the two capitol police officers who were there. i'm joined by the sergeant you just heard from, sergeant gonell, also with me, capitol police officer harry dunn. they are here speaking for themselves and not their department. thank you both for coming here. we should know that you have known each other for 13 years. but this is the first time yo...

Multiple, multiple incidents, times that i found myself thinking i'm going to kill somebody today or they're going to kill me. when they were dragging me towards the crowd, when i couldn't breathe because we were pushing against each other. we were getting trampled, especially when the people in the front who has -- the very few people who have valiantly held on to the shields that they were not taken by the crowd, we were the front line that day. >> sergeant, you're a hero. you are an american hero. and i thank you so much. >> i do want to -- before we go, i do want to say one more thing.

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Going to kill somebody, today. or they're going to kill me. when they were dragging me towards the crowd. when i couldn't breathe because we were pushing against each other. we're getting trampled. especially, when the people in the front, who has the -- the very few people who have valiantly hold onto the shields. that they were not taken from the -- by the crowd. we were the frontline, that day. >> sergeant, i just -- you're a hero. you are an american hero. and i thank you, so much. >> i do want to, before we go -- i do want to say one more thing. thank you for everyone that -- that did sho...