On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite.

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1. Funny, I was thinking of JJ and John the other day. They were good men.

Twenty plus years ago, DC and the nation came to a stop when a solo lunatic attacked the Capitol. Officers JJ Chestnut and John Gibson lost their lives protecting Members of Congress and the Public who were in the building that day. Dr Frist was not able to save JJ or John due to the nature of their wounds, but was able to save Russel Weston. I would have let him die, but Dr Frist honored his oath making him a better man then me.

I am still sad of their loss of life, What makes me even more sad, actually angry not sad is that twenty years later, there was an attack on the Capitol by thousands of lunatics, a USCP Police Officer lost his life protecting the Building, others were maimed, physically and emotionally harmed, later some took their own lives, and the attack on Members of Congress and Democracy itself was at the direction of the President of the United States. And now to the infuriating, a large percentage of the population sees this as ok. What hs happened in the last 20 years that this is ok because it is not.