<p><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5ff7f3d9d184b30018aadb0e-1778/Capitol violence 2.jpg" border="0" alt="Jason Crow and Susan Wild" data-mce-source="Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday, January 6, 2021."></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>In a viral photo taken during the violent siege on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, Rep. Susan Wild can be seen laying on the ground, clutching her chest, as Rep. Jason Crow crouches over her and holds her hand, trying to comfort her.</p><p>As police began barricading the doors to the House floor, lawmakers made calls to loved ones, according to Wild's account shared with <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a35151993/susan-wild-capitol-lockdown-interview/">Elle</a>.</p><p>Wild, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, said House leadership and the lawmakers on the lower floor had evacuated, while the ones with her in the gallery, the upper level, were searching for a safe exit. Then they heard shouts of, "Get down! Get Down!" </p><p>"That's when people started making phone calls," Wild told Elle.</p><p>"I need to talk to my kids, I thought to myself, because I may never talk to them again," she said.</p><p>Wild said she called her adult children over FaceTime to tell them she was safe, but her son said: "We hear gunshots and breaking glass in the background. How can you say you're okay'"</p><p>Members of the House and Senate were meeting for a joint session of Congress Wednesday to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win when a mob of Trump supporters broke into the Capitol building to oppose the results of the election.</p><p>The riot resulted in five deaths, including one police officer, and dozens of arrests. It also caused the delay of the election certification, which <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-objecting-to-electoral-votes-in-congress-live-updates-2021-1">occurred much later in the evening</a> after the Capitol was cleared and Congress was able to reconvene.</p><p>Crow, the Colorado congressman, recounted his experience to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jason-crow-capitol-attack-mob-january-6-1111073/">Rolling Stone</a>, saying he realized the danger they were in when he saw Capitol Police barricading the doors with furniture.</p><p>"I called my wife," he told the magazine. "I told her I loved her and told the kids I loved them and told my wife I might have to fight my way out."</p><p>During the chaos, Crow, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-army-ranger-capitol-siege-by-pro-trump-mob-2021-1">former Army Ranger</a> with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, assisted colleagues, including Wild, who told Elle he was her "personal hero that day."</p><p>Wild said Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama also made calls to her husband and mother to tell them she loved them.</p><p>Crow recalled to Rolling Stone that he went into "Ranger mode" as the lawmakers could hear banging on the doors, gunshots, and flash-bang grenades.</p><p>He said that scene lasted for 15 minutes before police were able to escort the remaining House members out of the chamber and to a secure location.</p><p>Congress was able to reconvene hours later after the building was cleared.</p><h3>Read Wild's and Crow's full accounts at <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a35151993/susan-wild-capitol-lockdown-interview/">Elle</a> and <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jason-crow-capitol-attack-mob-january-6-1111073/">Rolling Stone</a>.</h3><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-lawmakers-called-loved-ones-pro-trump-mob-breached-capitol-2021-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-to-do-your-own-taxes-for-the-very-first-time-2018-2">July 15 is Tax Dayhere's what it's like to do your own taxes for the very first time</a></p>
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