Child slips through White House fence in security breach
The recording of the Secret Service intervention shows how a child squeezed through the White House fence. An agency spokesperson confirmed that the boy was quickly handed over to his parents.
What do you need to know?
- The incident took place on Wednesday, just after 6:30 PM GMT on the White House grounds.
- The child squeezed through the north fence, which was noticed by Secret Service officers.
- The boy was quickly handed over to his parents, and the agency spokesperson, Anthony Guglielmi, reported this on the platform X.
Just after 6:30 PM GMT on Wednesday, Secret Service officers noticed that a child squeezed through the north fence of the White House.
Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, reported this on the platform X, adding that the boy was immediately handed over to his parents. The recording of the intervention shows an officer carrying the child in his arms.
What are the White House's security measures?
This is not the first time a child has squeezed through the White House fence. In April 2023, a similar incident triggered an alarm on the premises. In 2014, another toddler invaded the White House grounds, delaying a speech by Barack Obama.
The NPR portal noted that despite doubling the height of the fence to about 4 metres, the bars are spaced 13 centimetres apart, allowing such incidents to occur.
