Four rioters died during the incident, along with one officer: Brian Sicknick. And Brian’s family’s aching to know what happened to the man that led to his death.
Officer Brian Sicknick’s oldest brother commented on what happened to him.
The Sicknick family began to worry about Brian when they heard about the violence at the Capitol. They traveled from their New Jersey home to a Washington, D.C., hospital to see him.
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Brian had texted them to say that he had been pepper sprayed but was otherwise OK, but that was all of the information they had. Some news reports stated an officer was in critical condition after he was bludgeoned by rioters with a fire extinguisher. The last the Sicknick family had heard of Brian was that he was in the ICU on a ventilator.
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Brian’s brother Ken told ProPublica: “He texted me last night and said, ‘I got pepper-sprayed twice,’ and he was in good shape. Apparently he collapsed in the Capitol and they resuscitated him using CPR.”
But the day following that text, the family received news from the hospital that Brian was suffering from a blood clot and he had a stroke. The only thing keeping him alive was a ventilator.
“We weren’t expecting it,” Ken said.
What’s most frustrating for the family is the fact that they haven’t received any further news regarding the circumstances surrounding Brian’s death. In fact, they learned about the worsening of Brian’s condition from a reporter’s phone calls.
Ken, in continued correspondence with the media outlet, said, “We have not gotten any calls. We’re kind of overwhelmed right now. You guys are getting reports of his death before I even got anything.”
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We are mourning the death of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who died defending our Capitol from the violent mob.
Join us in praying for Officer Sicknick’s loved ones, our Capitol police officers, and for our country. pic.twitter.com/YjZBpJyiA1
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) January 8, 2021
Sadly, Sicknick’s family didn’t make it to the hospital in time; he was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Now they’re waiting to hear the full report as to what exactly contributed to the man’s death. And while they are heartbroken over Brian’s death and said they believe that the current U.S. “political climate got [him] killed” … they also don’t want media outlets politicizing his death.
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“Please honor Brian’s life and service and respect our privacy while we move forward in doing the same,” his family said in a statement. “Brian is a hero and that is what we would like people to remember.”
One family member of Brian’s who wished to remain anonymous stated that the 42-year-old had admitted the job could be frustrating at times. “Occasionally he would mention that they were very understaffed and they worked a lot of hours. And morale could be low,” they said.
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Karen and I were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of US Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick and send our deepest sympathies and prayers to his family, friends and fellow officers.
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) January 8, 2021
Larry Schaefer, a 34-year veteran of the force stated that the riots on the Capitol Building were “unfathomable.”
“We handle demonstrations on a regular basis. We’re prepared for this kind of stuff. We hold people back in a perimeter. We’re set up for mass arrests, to load buses of people away.”
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Source : https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-brian-sicknick