Oh boy …
https://twitter.com/moderncomments/status/513107862139461633
??? RT @mpoppel: Evacuation at the White House after Obama left
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) September 19, 2014
DEVELOPING: News media being evacuated from White House; president is not at the White House – @ArletteSaenz
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) September 19, 2014
Evidently, this was another case of somebody jumping the fence:
Good chunk of White House being evacuated, shortly after Obama left, after intruder apparently got over fence and close to the building
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) September 19, 2014
Secret Service evacuates WH after fence jumper gets close to the Exec Mansion minutes after Pres Obama departed.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 19, 2014
Someone jumped WH fence apparently All of the press is being escorted out of the press briefing room thru west wing pic.twitter.com/0c1BAtLteq
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) September 19, 2014
Staff and press evacuated from WH – waiting for word from Secret Service on intruder pic.twitter.com/Vi68lvhy4x
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) September 19, 2014
Uniformed Secret Service officers, some with automatic weapons, ordered press and staff out of the West Wing.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 19, 2014
Maybe it’s time to get an electric fence.
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https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/513108457449197569
Ohh it's a loony fence jumper.
— SΞ4N VΞNKM4N (@MrFoPow) September 19, 2014
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Update:
More photos from the scene:
White House is being evacuated after a fence jumper got over. Guards with guns drawn. pic.twitter.com/cILpFOetIZ
— Bartholomew Sullivan (@BSullivanNewsDC) September 19, 2014
Lafayette Park and Pennsylvania Avenue are off limits and will be for a while. pic.twitter.com/tTOOKRRW8h
— Bartholomew Sullivan (@BSullivanNewsDC) September 19, 2014
.@WhiteHouse Update:
-Parts of the WH currently being evacuated
-President Obama is not at the WH
-Secret Service aware of the incident— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) September 19, 2014
Pretty sure I spy @markknoller is this @Reuters photo of the evacuation of the White House pic.twitter.com/MOw7qyILsG
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) September 19, 2014
And video:
JUST IN: Video shows man breaching security perimeter, running to White House: http://t.co/hzsvB5Lpys pic.twitter.com/3KFEv0wP99
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) September 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/513117588507721728
http://instagram.com/p/tJV-qKFCnz/
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Update:
This fence-jumper made it a lot further than the previous one, according to the AP.
Secret Service officers with flashlights currently doing search of the North Lawn of White House where fence jumper ran earlier
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskNews) September 20, 2014
The USSS officers have gone all the way from the bush area near the North Portico to the fence, lined up side by side with lights
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskNews) September 20, 2014
ISIS takes notes "easy run across lawn" "@AP: BREAKING: Secret Service says fence-jumper made it through North Portico doors of White House”
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 20, 2014
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