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- Senior Editor Tim Röhn was among the attendees at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
- He described the fear and panic in the room after hearing someone shout, "Shots fired."
- He was struck by how "lax" security was at the event throughout the evening.
Just after 8:30 p.m. on a Saturday night, chaos erupts in the ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Washington, and a wave of fear sweeps through the room. I am seated at one of roughly 200 tables when I suddenly hear dull, thudding sounds cutting through the loud music.
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