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Mar 2021
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‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’: A Capito...

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When Officer Harry Dunn reporter for work at the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6, he expected a day of relatively normal protests. But the situation soon turned dangerous. Today, we talk with Officer Dunn about his experience fending off rioters during the storming of the Capitol. 
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