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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 4765943" data-attributes="member: 4805">That is what AOC said:Ocasio-Cortez described being inside her congressional office with a single staffer, her legislative director Gerardo Bonilla Chavez, in the early afternoon when they heard &quot;huge, violent bangs&quot; on the door of her office. Bonilla Chavez told her to &quot;run and hide,&quot; so Ocasio-Cortez ran into the bathroom.&quot;I thought I was going to die,&quot; she said. &quot;I have never been quieter in my entire life.&quot;But then she heard Bonilla Chavez, who she calls &quot;G,&quot; say that it was safe and she could come out of hiding. When she emerged from the bathroom, she discovered that it was a Capitol Police officer, and not rioters, who&#039;d been banging on her door. The officer directed her to evacuate, unescorted, to a nearby building.The congresswoman and her staffer ran to the other building, looking for a particular member&#039;s office when they stumbled upon Rep. Katie Porter&#039;s office and asked to take refuge there.&quot;We start hearing the yells of these people … and it just feels like it&#039;s a matter of seconds when these doors are going to break through and they&#039;re going to get in,&quot; she said of hearing the mob outside the building. Ocasio-Cortez spent several hours with Porter and a few staffers in that office, during which time they braced for an attack. Staffers pushed furniture up against the door.&quot;I&#039;m preparing for one of the wings of the building to explode,&quot; she said. &quot;We&#039;re sheltering and I&#039;m thinking what do we do if the building explodes? ... What do we do if they break in?&quot;The two congresswomen later moved to Rep. Ayanna Pressley&#039;s office, where Ocasio-Cortez stayed until around 4 am.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-recounts-her-experience-during-the-capitol-siege-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die/articleshow/80643656.cms[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jones, post: 4765943, member: 4805"] That is what AOC said: [I]Ocasio-Cortez described being inside her congressional office with a single staffer, her legislative director Gerardo Bonilla Chavez, in the early afternoon when they heard "huge, violent bangs" on the door of her office. Bonilla Chavez told her to "run and hide," so Ocasio-Cortez ran into the bathroom. "I thought I was going to die," she said. "I have never been quieter in my entire life." But then she heard Bonilla Chavez, who she calls "G," say that it was safe and she could come out of hiding. [B]When she emerged from the bathroom, she discovered that it was a Capitol Police officer, and not rioters, who'd been banging on her door. The officer directed her to evacuate, unescorted, to a nearby building. The congresswoman and her staffer ran to the other building, looking for a particular member's office when they stumbled upon Rep. Katie Porter's office and asked to take refuge there.[/B]"We start hearing the yells of these people … and it just feels like it's a matter of seconds when these doors are going to break through and they're going to get in," she said of hearing the mob outside the building. Ocasio-Cortez spent several hours with Porter and a few staffers in that office, during which time they braced for an attack. Staffers pushed furniture up against the door. "I'm preparing for one of the wings of the building to explode," she said. "We're sheltering and I'm thinking what do we do if the building explodes? ... What do we do if they break in?" The two congresswomen later moved to Rep. Ayanna Pressley's office, where Ocasio-Cortez stayed until around 4 am.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-recounts-her-experience-during-the-capitol-siege-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die/articleshow/80643656.cms[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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