Inside the room as shots rang out at correspondents' dinner

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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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.