For most people, January 6 happened for a few hours, but for those of us who were in the thick of it, it hasn’t ended. That day continues to be a constant trauma for us, literally every day. Whether because of our physical or emotional injuries. Or both.

Aquilino Gonell

They called us traitors. They beat us. They dragged us, and I could hear them,' We're going to shoot you. We're going to kill you. You're choosing your paycheck over the country. You're a disgrace. You're a traitor.'.

Aquilino Gonell

I bled, I sweat and I fought to prevent those people coming in through that entrance, we got pushed back all the way to the magnetometer by the second door. And just to regain that space took us about another hour. We literally were fighting inch by inch. And to move one step, that was a 10-minute, 15-minute ordeal.

Aquilino Gonell