It was tough for me to think through this in terms of saving items from that day for history's sake. I wasn't quite there yet in my mind because I was trying to deal with moving forward, but, it was starting to see the reactions from people around the country to that day in particular, to my actions in the suit that made me realize that this was something that might help tell that story beyond just the photographs and the video footage to have something tangible.

Andy Kim

I literally started with people that I knew out in Afghanistan, calling, texting, emailing, some of them we're able to get out, and those are some of the good news stories that help kind of propel us to keep pushing.

It was just a very profound moment, it hit me in that moment, the magnitude of what happened. It occurred to me that this was actually probably the worst condition that the Capitol and Rotunda had been in for hundreds of years.

When I walked into the Capitol, I saw a really disgraceful scene of just, you know, trash everywhere and broken furniture. That's when I started to clean up, i saw Andy Kim that night as a caretaker for our democracy and as a result of a caretaker for the Capitol.

When you have fewer ISR capabilities and fewer strike capabilities, it's inherently going to put strain on what they can target, so they would certainly want to try to narrow that to their top priorities, to make sure that it's being utilized in the most effective way.

What gives me comfort.