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Rosanne Boyland’s Would-Be Rescuer Pens Emotional Letter to Her Parents

Rosanne Boyland’s Would-Be Rescuer Pens Emotional Letter to Her Parents
Ronald McAbee (in the red cap at center) leans over a prone Rosanne Boyland as another protester does CPR on the lifeless woman on Jan. 6, 2021. Special to The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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One of the men who tried in vain to rescue a lifeless 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland on the Lower West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, told her parents in an emotional letter that he is haunted by what happened that day and pledged to keep her story alive until there is justice in the case.

“I apologize for it taking me two years to say this, but I am sorry for what happened to Rosanne,” Ronald “Colt” McAbee said in a handwritten note to Bret and Cheryl Boyland of Kennesaw, Georgia. “I am sorry that I couldn’t reach her in time. Lord knows I tried.”
Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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