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Our whitney wild spoke with some officers who were there that day and described the horrors they endured. >> reporter: what was the worst thing they called you? >> traitor. >> reporter: why was that the worst thing? s>> because i serve my country. i went overseas to protect our homeland from foreign threats, but yet here i am battling them in our own capitol. >> reporter: united states capitol police sergeant gonell immigrated from the dominican republic to the u.s. at 12 years old in 1991, deployed to iraq in 2003 and then joined capitol police in 2008. he is speaking publicly for the first t...

Because i -- i thought i was going to lose my life right there. >> some of the most horrific video shows sergeant gonell steps from daniel hodges caught in a doorway. >> i could hear my fellow officers screaming, the agony in some of them. all i could think is we can't let these people in. there is going to be a slaughter inside. >> sergeant gonell came forward on his own. not to speak for the department. he said he couldn't stay silent anymore about what happened on january 6. and here he is live this evening. i'm going to talk to him after the break. 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to...

I got hurt. i would do it again if i had to. it's my job. >> reporter: sergeant gonell led members of the department's civil disturbance unit. for hours they battled insurrectionists attacking the capitol. this video shows his fight on the west front. >> they kept saying trump send me. we won't listen to you. we are here to take over the capitol. we are here to hang mike pence. they thought we were there for them and we weren't so they turned against us. it was very scary because i thought i was going to lose my life right there. >> reporter: some of the most horrific video shows sergeant gone...

>> i could hear my fellow officer screaming, the agony in some of them. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: rioters beat sergeant gonell so badly they cut his hand and he needed foot surgery, while he depended off the attack outside officer byron evans locked down areas inside the capitol and evacuated senators. did you ever think this might be a life or death situation for you? >> i remember specifically thinking it when i was on the floor. i remember thinking all this stuff like, byron, this is the day. all those times you'...

An officer when we were officers, we worked together sometimes, capacity, what not. >> what you want to say to america? because there are a lot of people in america who believe we should move on from january 6. there should not be a commission. you can see the reports. you see the lawmakers on capitol hill thinking the same thing. what do you want the say, sergeant? >> what i want them to know is that could have been my family. and i saw myself the day i had decided to come forward. i moments i could have lost my life or have taken other people's life because they continue to believe this lie ...