‘Might Be the End for Me’: Police Officers Recount Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Protesters clash with police officers outside U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

The police officer who was crushed in a door frame during the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building said he thought he might die.

“That was one of the three times that day where I thought: Well, this might be it,” Daniel Hodges, a 32-year-old patrol officer in Washington’s 4th District, told WJLA. “This might be the end for me.”