A man draped in an American flag climbed over the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day. The Obama family was at the residence when a security lockdown was initiated by the Secret Service. The man was immediately confronted and apprehended by the Secret Service and guard dogs on the White House lawn.
One witness at the scene, identified as Victoria Pena of Houston, stated, “I just heard him take a big, deep breath and whisper to himself, ‘All right, let’s do this’ and he took off. It was chaotic. Everyone around us was yelling and kids were crying. It was pretty unexpected.”
The unidentified man was reportedly carrying a manila envelope when he climbed the White House fence. No one was injured during the incident and charges are currently pending against the intruder.
