While the US House of Representatives voted to consider dismissing President Trump on January 13, a small army was on duty to ensure no further riots occurred.

Hundreds of National Guard soldiers and police stationed throughout Capitol Hill.

Few traffic and no tourists due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Capitol Hill is now turned into a military zone while many lawmakers and parliament building staff are still dazed by the incident today.

Much of the physical damage from the attack has been recovered.

But for lawmakers, they still cannot immediately forget the shock of last week.

"They might want to hunt down Pence and Pelosi when it caused the riot but we all faced death in this room," Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin said.

Republicans protesting the impeachment of Trump also said they were shocked by the riot.

Mace said the dismissal review was too fast for her to support but she believes President Trump must be held accountable.

Capitol Hill has seen a series of changes since the attack.

Colorado Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, who was trapped in the House of Representatives during riot, said after the incident he walked around the parliament building, met with police officers and thanked them for their courage.

"One man lunged at me and told me he tried to hold the crowd but ended up being overwhelmed by them. They trampled, even beat him," Crow said.

When Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast, met with the National Guard on Jan. 13, he chatted with them before taking them to take a tour of the parliament building.

Some other MPs bought pizza for the soldiers.

"Seeing our democracy under attack ... 'sad' is no longer the right word, it goes beyond that. Grief is combined with fear and contempt. It is patriotism",