There were other scary episodes that we couldn't fit into this reconstruction. Two congresswomen, Kathleen Rice and Stephanie Murphy, were stranded in the Capitol basement for more than an hour, listening to the rioters rush in, Rice told me. (thread)
https://twitter.com/emmersbrown/status/1350609349178257409
They had been on the way to meet Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on the Senate side of the Capitol around 1:45 pm when they realized they were in danger. They holed up in a room with no protection except a chair pushed up against the door.
"We heard a lot of screaming and then we just heard thundering footsteps of people -- and that was when they invaded the Capitol and started to make their way through," Rice said. She and Murphy stayed silent, afraid the rioters would hear them.
Sinema sent Capitol Police to bring Rice and Murphy to a secure location. "We just ran and ran and ran for what seemed like an eternity," Rice said. Police asked her to take off her shoes so she could run faster.
Surely, other stories about lawmakers' and staffers' close calls will emerge in the coming days and weeks.
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