What is was like in the room as shots rang out at correspondents' dinner

What is was like in the room as shots rang out at correspondents' dinner5 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGary O'DonoghueChief North America correspondent at the Washington HiltonWatch: 'You just didn't know': Gary O'Donoghue shares confusion and fearsI had just put my knife and fork down, and almost didn't notice the booming sounds coming from somewhere in front of me in the direction of the main entrance to the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. I did a kind of audio double take. Within moments, I thought – that is the low thudding sound that semi-automatic weapons make.As someone who is blind I focus on the sounds, and I heard the shattering of glass.Then I felt the head of my colleague, Daniel, who I had just been speaking to, brush past and I realised he was diving for the floor.So I followed him.I was on my knees, under the table cloth, almost certain that here I was, another Saturday night, another presidential event, and in the midst of yet another shooting.Trump says injured officer in 'great shape' after shooter stormed security at correspondents' dinnerI was there in Butler, Pennsylvania in July 2024 when the president came within inches of losing his life.The moments after that were filled with screaming and running people.This time was different as within seconds, we were under the table. Another colleague told me how, as the shots rang out, he saw dozens of people running into the ballroom from the corridor outside.For the five or ten minutes we stayed under the table, all of us were waiting to see if a gunman had also run into the room and was about to start shooting at the two-and-a half thousand people in attendance at this dinner.A colleague told me how she had seen the Secret Service on the stage behind us, rushing President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice-President JD Vance away. Other agents stood in their helmets and bulletproof vests, with their guns trained on the crowd...