Story highlights Rep. Pat Meehan got emotional when describing a Democratic member who hugged him

"It tells you how much we share," he said, fighting back tears

Washington (CNN) A Republican congressman on the party's congressional baseball team fought back tears Wednesday as he reflected on his teammates' camaraderie in the face of horrific violence.

Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pennsylvania, is a pitcher on the team but was not there Wednesday because he pitched the day before. He said the pitchers typically do their batting practice near the third-base dugout where the shots began but said "miraculously" no one was standing there Wednesday morning.

The shooting injured Majority Whip Steve Scalise along with a lobbyist, a congressional aide and two Capitol Police officers.

Meehan, who told reporters Scalise's security detail consists of two people and they usually sit in the stands on the first base side, said he had never felt unsafe there before.

"It's one of the things that makes you feel more normal. The camaraderie that we have in the mornings," he said, then paused and got choked up, trying hard not to cry.

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