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The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue describes the moment he and others dived for cover as shots rang out at the venue.
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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.
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.
I 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, looking to see if there were more threats.
Moment Trump rushed from White House Correspondents' Dinner after suspected gunshots heardJust before the dinner, I had seen Health Secretary RFK Jr in a small room by the ballroom. I asked him if he was looking forward to the event, and he told me he was hungry and wanted to get on with it. He was seated at a table not far behind me.
And about 30m behind us towards the main doors, FBI Dir
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