President Joe Biden and the first lady were escorted to a secure place Saturday afternoon after a security breach near their beach house in Delaware.
The Bidens stayed in the secure place, a local fire station, for about 37 minutes.
At about 1:48 p.m. local time, reporters traveling with the president said the main road near Biden’s beach house at Rehoboth Beach was closed and the reporters didn’t know the whereabouts of the president.
A White House official told the reporters that the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) took precautionary measures after a small plane entered restricted airspace.
“There was no threat to the president or his family,” the official stated.
Biden and the first lady were back at their residence, the White House said at around 1:51 p.m. local time.
The USSS issued a statement afterward:
“Shortly before 1 p.m. today a privately owned aircraft entered the restricted airspace over Rehoboth Delaware after mistakenly entering a secured area. The aircraft was immediately escorted out of the restricted airspace. Preliminary investigation reveals the pilot was not on the proper radio channel, was not following the NOTAMS (Notice to Airmen) that had been filed, and was not following published flight guidance. The United States Secret Service will be interviewing the pilot.”
CBS reporter Bo Erickson shared more details in a string of Twitter posts.
According to Erickson, a small white plane was flying over the area around Biden’s beach house at 12:45 p.m. local time. The USSS then contacted Rehoboth Beach Fire Chief Chuck Snyder at 12:48 p.m. and requested to bring the Bidens to the fire station.
The motorcade arrived at the fire station at 12:52 p.m. and left at 1:29 p.m.
“At 12:52 p.m, I saw @POTUS motorcade race into the Rehoboth Fire Station. I saw President Biden through the window of an SUV. Right before the motorcade, I saw 2 military jets flying low over the beach town. The press pool is not with the motorcade,” he wrote in the Twitter posts. “Motorcade just left the fire station at 1:29 p.m.”
From The Epoch Times
