Capitol Officer Harry Dunn Sheds Tears Watching Jan. 6 Footage During Hearing

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn teared up while watching footage of the Jan. 6 insurrection during a prime time hearing on Thursday.

Dunn, who worked on Jan. 6 and received racist threats while fighting off the mob, had a front row seat to the first of several hearings the House committee investigating the insurrection plans to hold before the end of the month. Dunn teared up as the committee played a video of the mobs entering the Capitol and attacking officers that day.

Dunn donned a T-shirt for the hearing featuring the definition of “insurrection” with a reference to Jan. 6.

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the insurrection, Dunn spoke about his experience, saying “it’s scary to think something [like this] can happen again.”

“It’s scary to think we opened up Pandora’s box,” he said in an interview on MSNBC in January.

Others who worked as police officers on Jan. 6, including Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell and former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone , were also present for Thursday’s hearing.