Man tries to jump fence at White House, sparking lockdown
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A man with two suspicious bags attempted to climb a White House fence on Friday before being apprehended, leading to a security lockdown of the White House grounds.
A Secret Service spokesman said the man was taken into custody and his bags were being screened.
"He did not make it over the fence," a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said.
The area around the White House was shut down and reporters were not allowed to leave through one of the gates because of the incident.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-whitehouse-lockdown-idUSBREA161TS20140207
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Great, now all of them will be asked what it was like to be forced to stay.
You can BET some will expect sympathy over their ordeal.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)So their attempts to evoke sympathy should provide some amusement. "It was horrible. We had to leave by the East gate and we were parked WAY OVER THERE!" spoken as the camera tracks a single tear coursing down their face.
300 extra meters to the car! My coffee was getting cold and Bill had to shit! Never forget!
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Yavin4
(35,441 posts)And that would require a modicum of physical exertion.
durablend
(7,460 posts)He didn't make it over the fence.
Think that answers your question!
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)over-weight, white guy in camos, sprawled out at the base of the fence, in a pool of sweat, butt crack and belly out, as he whimpers, clearly out of breath ... "It was easy on Call of Duty!"
Brigid
(17,621 posts)thatgemguy
(506 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Maybe next time they can try dressing up as a singing telegram. That should get them through the front gate security.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Yea, that's the ticket!
mokawanis
(4,441 posts)Other than the fact he had them with him when he failed to scale the fence.