President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were briefly evacuated from their beach house in Delaware to a secure location on June 4 when a small private plane entered the restricted air space above the property, the White House and the Secret Service said.
The Bidens stayed in the secure place, a local fire station, for just over 30 minutes before returning to the Rehoboth Beach home.
“There was no threat to the president or his family,” a White House official stated.
“Shortly before 1 p.m. today, a privately owned aircraft entered the restricted airspace over Rehoboth Delaware after mistakenly entering a secured area,” the Secret Service said in a statement. “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, the private plane was flying over the area around the Bidens’ beach house at 12:45 p.m. local time. The Secret Service then contacted Rehoboth Beach Fire Chief Chuck Snyder and requested to bring the Bidens to the fire station.
The Biden 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. “Motorcade just left the fire station at 1:29 p.m.”
