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Former Team USA women's gymnast Jennifer Sey was a impermanent astatine nan White House Correspondents' Association Dinner successful Washington, D.C., connected Saturday erstwhile shots were fired.
Sey told Fox News Digital her guidance to the shooting successful an exclusive statement.
"Terrifying. Should person been an astonishing night. I came to observe free reside and those who judge successful it. As I walked successful and location were protesters I was frightened for a infinitesimal and past I thought it’s ok. I was wrong," she said, adding she was forced to hide "under table."
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Jennifer Sey, nan 1986 U.S. nationalist all-around gymnastics champion, performs a divided leap during competition. (XX-XY Athletics/Jennifer Sey)
Jennifer Sey is simply a erstwhile elite gymnast champion known for winning nan 1986 USA Gymnastics National Championship. A seven-time personnel of nan U.S. Women's National Team, she achieved this apical nationalist title aft recovering from a surgery femur successful 1985. Her accomplishments besides included a third-place squad decorativeness astatine nan International Mixed Pairs and a second-place squad decorativeness astatine nan USA-URS Dual Meet successful 1987.
Sey, who is besides nan laminitis of nan activistic sportswear marque XX-XY Athletics, has go a salient activistic in nan "save women's sports" and wide blimpish activity successful caller years.
Jennifer Sey founded XX-XY Athletics successful March 2024 to stress nan empirical truth of biology, she said. (XX-XY Athletics)
Chaos erupted astatine nan White House Correspondents’ Dinner erstwhile gunshots were heard and President Donald Trump and first woman Melania Trump were rushed retired of nan Washington Hilton ballroom Saturday night.
Video from wrong nan arena showed attendees diving nether tables and taking screen arsenic panic dispersed passim nan room.
Fox News’ John Roberts reported from nan ballroom that shots were fired and that he had heard nan suspected shooter was engaged by Secret Service.
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Fox News anchor Bret Baier said he besides heard shots fired, but noted they did not look to originate from wrong nan ballroom.
Sources told Fox News nan individual ne'er made it wrong nan ballroom, was taken into custody and removed from nan scene.
President Trump was seen being quickly escorted retired of nan room by security, and White House officials show Fox News Digital some he, nan first woman and Karoline Leavitt are safe astatine this time.
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It remains unclear what prompted nan incident.
Fox News Digital's Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports newsman for Fox News Digital covering captious governmental and taste issues successful sports, pinch an investigative lens. Jackson's reporting has been cited successful national authorities actions related to nan enforcement of Title IX, and successful bequest media outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and ESPN.com.
