He replied that he had to stay longer too. He tauntedthe terrorist that if he lookslike he has seen a ghost after having Forbes to tell him that he's dead. He is also proficiency in utilizing a variety of military weapons and knives (as he stabs Kang in the skull during their fight). As he was quietly lookingin the wall, he foundConnor, who had hidden there during the attack. Banning then killedtwo of the terrorists with his pistol using that terrorist as a shield. Banning told Trumbull that they need to know what they are going to walk into and warned him not to launch anything until he did some reconnaissance. He served in the protection detail ofPresident Benjamin Asher until the tragic death of his wife in 2011, which Mike witnessed, saving the President Asher's in the process. He told Connor it's just a false alarm and told him to continue his climb. As the plane flewby, he toldthe two civilians he saved to stay down, as he ran towards the White House, yelling at everyone to take cover. Leah comes over to him and they embraced. He realizedthat he ran out of ammo in his P229 pistol and further retreatedupstairs to avoid detection. At the diner, Banning sat with Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, as well as his former subordinates, including Roma and O'Neil. Banning askedJacobs about Connor. United States Secret ServiceUnited States Army (formerly) Upon reaching the floor where Trumbull was treated, he was captured by the Secret Service and met Gentry, telling him that he needed to see the President. Forbes somberly and regretfully admitted that he lost his way. He hadnever beenphotographed or identified by any Western intelligence agency before and nobody thought to look for him inside the South Korean government. He checkedin with the Pentagon. After noticing the footsteps of the commandos, he sneakedinto the hidden tunnels behind the Lincoln Bedroom walls. Mike Banning during the attack on the White House. Banning told the boy that he had to go and get his dad. When he sawthe AC-130 making an attack, Banning yelledout to everyone to get out of the way. After a moment, Banning was suspicious about the explosion and informed Trumbull that Kang would not go out like a suicide bomber and that was not who he is. However, the funeral was suddenly bombarded by surprise attacks caused by several Arabian terrorists disguising as policemen, emergency service personnel and Royal Guards, and they quickly executed the leaders of France, Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan. When he saw the AC-130 making an attack run, Banning yelled out to everyone to get out of the way. Forbes then tossed his cigarette on Banning and attacks him, revealing to be alongside Kang. After Roma and the others left (since they had to meet up the South Korean delegation in the White House, including South Korean Prime Minister Lee Tae-Woo), Banning told Jacobs that he wanted to return to the Presidential Detail because he's unhappy with the desk job at the Treasury Department. Banning and Asher ran for it and entered the emptied streets, taking down a squadof terrorists who hadinvaded the London Underground. Banning managed to shoot many motorcycling terrorists trying to get President Asher, and soon they were now on Marine One helicopter trying to fly out of the city. Trumbull explainedthat Cerberus is a highly-classified military protocol; athree-prong fail-safe device that can self-destructany U.S. nuclear missiles in flight. A visibly pregnantLeah then cameover and saidit was the White House on the phone. Banning killed one of the advancing terrorists to run to the front entrance and had the wounded agent drop the ground behind cover. His mother died several years afterwards. After learning the leader's name is Kang Yeonsak, the head of the Koreans for United Freedom, a North Korean paramilitary organization and Kanghad40 commandos breached the front gate and hehad28 men left, he informs the Pentagon of the information. While eluding the commandos in the hallways, Banning quietly enteredthe Lincoln Bedroom. He promised he would take her to see a movie, among other social events. As Banning leaned down to the mortally wounded Forbes, he confrontedthe traitor on why he didthis. Banning says that they have to continue on, but Forbes was acting strange for the moment and when he mentioned Kang's name, the surprised and suspicious Banning asked Forbes how did he know the leader's name. Mike toldhim that the bloodbath will start if Margaret caughthim playing it, and he turnedoff the TV. He yelledout to the agents with him as the rocket destroyedthe front door and killedthree Secret Service agents nearby. With that, he decided todeletehis letter. Army Ranger (formerly)Secret Service:Agent (formerly)Director While doing so, he got into the President's laptop and deleted the classified files so no one would get their hands on it. Mike suggested she should wear the small one, because it would be a 'classic look for a classy lady.'. Kang unhappily ordered his computer expert, Lim, to disable the video call, but Banning said that he isn't shutting him down and is here to say. Then,a bus explodedand destroyeda nearby police car, causing everyone around it to panic; Banning saw two Korean men coming too close to the front fence. The surprised Jacobs had asked where he is at. Then, he was patched into the Situation Room in the Pentagon where Jacobs, Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull and U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Edward Clegg are at. After Kang's death, he tended the injured President Asher, who informed him that Kang had activated Cerberus. Later, Banning watches the news regarding that British Prime Minister James Wilson passed away from an apparent heart attack while undergoing post-surgical treatment to repair his knee. He toldTrumbull to give him some time to flush them out. Mike later transferred away from the Presidential Detail and to the Treasury Department, but when the White House (code name 'Olympus') came under attack and President Asher was held hostage in 2013 by a terrorist organization called the Koreans for United Freedom, Mike managed to get inside the building undetected and helped greatly in the rescue mission. After Kang shot President Asher in the abdomen when trying to get Kang's gun away from him, Banning rushed towards and managed to have Kang lose his pistol. Origin Three years after the White House Siege, Banning and Asher went for a presidential run. Abstract: The practice of challenging or banning books has long been a strategy used to label reading materials as offensive on moral, religious, or political grounds. He rushed out of the Treasury. He told Trumbull to give him some time to flush them out. Type of Hero Afterwards, Davies and his men located both Banning and Asher alive in the elevator shaft. He then remindedConnor climbing the shaft is like doing the chimney climb just likehow Banning taught Connor in the Rose Garden wall. He had never been photographed or identified by any Western intelligence agency before - in fact, nobody thought to look for him inside the South Korean government. Banning managed to get the passenger door open, but the door on Margaret's side was jammed. Jacobs asked if the commando's alive and Banning only replied, "Ask me a serious question." He reloaded a new magazine into his pistol, when he saw one of his friends got shot in the neck. As they went to the front entrance, Banning had apologized for the damage on the White House. Once he patchedhimself up, Banning went back to work. Book banning, a form of censorship, occurs when private individuals, government officials, or organizations remove books from libraries, school reading lists, or bookstore shelves because they object to their content, ideas, or themes.Those advocating a ban complain typically that the book in question contains graphic violence, expresses disrespect for parents and family, is sexually explicit . Readers seem to either love or hate the . Forbes asked the same thing to Banning since he knows Banning works in the Treasury Department and Banning said he came in through the front door. Authors: Aliprandini, Michael Sprague, Carolyn Source: Points of View, 2022. When the countdown reached three seconds, Cerberus was deactivated, much to the immediate relief of Banning and everyone in the Pentagon as the nightmarish situation is finally over. Most of the targeted books have to do with race, gender, and sexuality.Unlike most book challenges in the past, whereby parents or other stakeholders in the community would engage teachers and school administrators in a debate over a title, local groups have received support from . They were soon interrupted by another Secret Service agent, Dave Forbes, who told them that they had to leave in ten minutes. After his successful rescue of President Asher and the prevention of a nationwide nuclear disaster, Mike was reinstated to the Presidential Detail. Then, he was patched into the Situation Room in the Pentagon where Jacobs, Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull and U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Edward Clegg are at. General Clegg said with the force that size, he hadmen who can sweepthem out inshort order. As Banning took the terrorist's pistol, he found a picture of Connor, realizing that they were looking for him. The young adult best-seller "The Hate U Give" was one of the top 10 most challenged books of 2020. After being exonerated for an assassination attempt on Trumbull, he was promoted to Director of the Secret Service. Clay and Mike later visited the Zero Gravity Center together in an attempt to relax as a bonding experience, before complaining when they were engulfed in darkness. However, Mike quickly escaped after killing all of his assailants in the SUV and made it crash into the tree. Military trainingHigh intelligenceWeaponry and knives expertiseHand-to-hand combatGreat physical strengthExpert Leadership Banning reachedAsher at the very last second and orderedDavies to detonate the explosive attached to the building's gas pipelines; while Banning and Asher made a run for it, Kamran wasleft to incinerate to death from the gas explosion. Banning identifiedhimself as Echelon 4 and gaveJacobs his designation code. While doing so, he gotinto the President's laptop and deletedthe classified files so no one wouldget their hands on it. Kill count Full name However, the President forgave all of his mistakes and still recommended Mike for the position as Director of the Secret Service, in which he accepted. Walking towards the gas station and got himself changed of clothes, Mike utilized the pay phone to call his wife Leah and let her know that he is alive. Banning blindly engaged at them and wounded one of them. This episode of 'It's Been a Minute' was produced by Audrey Nguyen and adapted for web by Nathan Pugh and Liam McBain. Banning toldthe Pentagon to wait and let him check out the roof first. However, a militant group working for arms dealer and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi assassinated five world leaders and tried to kill President Asher live via internet, but Mike thwarted the live murder and rescued the president. Banning contained to serve in the Presidential detail for Benjamin Asher until his term in office ended. As he stood down, the surprised Banning asked Forbes what he was doing in the White House and Forbes said that he was with the South Korean delegation when this event went down. Banning and the military assault team approached Kamran's hideout to savePresident Asher before he was executed in liveat 8:00 PM. As Forbes pinnedBanning to the floor and triedto put his pistol on him, Banning was able to get the pistol out of Forbes' hand and foughthim. Protect the First Lady Margaret Asher (succeeded until her death)Protect President Asher and his son Connor (succeeded)Protect President Trumbull (succeeded) Trumbull informed Banning that if Kang is still in the bunker with the President, Banning could not let Kang leave with Asher. While eluding the commandos in the hallways, Banning quietly got into the Lincoln bedroom. When Gentry and White House Chief of Staff Sam Wilcox argued about Mike's loyalty situation, Trumbull clarified that Mike was on his side, revealing that Mike was the reason he was still alive, and ordered his release. He tried to help the agent, but the agent died. Mother Calls to Ban Books by Black Authors Are Increasing Amid Critical Race Theory Debates. He asked if President Asher is in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (P.E.O.C.) Forbes said thatwith that snowstorm, he would get out of the tuxedo, sit by the fire and watch Breaking Bad. He reminded The Speaker that he is acting president now and that he is the best hope he's got. Once it was done, Banning killedForbes by stabbing him in the head. Then, he sawa shadow of one of the terrorists coming in the storage area. Banning acknowledged as he went out to try and save Asher. As the time was getting close to thirty seconds, Banning told them to hurry up. Banning confirmed to her that he is in the Oval Office while getting a pistol from the President's desk. The car plummeted to the frozen river below, killing Margaret, Diaz and another agent on impact. Banning heard the unusual sound of a plane flying close by and sawa customized C-130 Hercules (AC-130) attacking theU.S. capital. When Monroe said the word "Hash tag", Banning was confused as he didn't know what it is. When they refusedand were about to suicide bomb the fence, he killedone of them. After he was exonerated of all charges, Mike had a meal with his father and his family, with Clay deciding that he would live with his son and his family. Protecting President Benjamin Asher (formerly)Protecting President Allan Trumbull After Banning gotthe pistol, he asked Jacobs what do the terrorists want. As two of Kang's men were coming to the stairway, Banning killed one coming in the stairway and blindly fired his pistol to mortally wound the other one before finishing him off swiftly. As Banning was blown away by the blast radius, he was temporary dazed by the blast. At the security room, Banning disabled the communications in the bunker and spoke to Kang on the video call. Then, he looked back and saw a terrorist about to fire an RPG rocket. Banning tells her he's just checking in. Mike told him that the bloodbath will start if Margaret caught him playing it, and he turned off the TV. . Banning states that maybe he can't atone for his disgrace, but informedhim that he might want to take a headcount and that Connor is out of the White House. Banning and the military engaged half of Barkawi's men, although the surviving half were proven to be too well armed, forcing Banning to refrain from frontal assault as he attempted it. While waiting to be patched through, Banning saw C-4 explosives on the windows of the Oval Office. Being a former special forces soldier in the 75th Ranger Regiment, Banning can use his military hand signals to any reconnaissance satellites or drones watching him from above. They uncoveredthat Kang is one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. At around 6:00 PM, Banning heardthe motorcade of the South Korean delegation arriving. Monroe checkedthe background onKang. Then, he saw a shadow of one of the terrorists coming in the storage area. The next morning, Mike headed to his father Clay's house in the woods and even encountered him aiming a sniper rifle at his own estranged son. One of his friends said he didn't know. Marital status Banning listened to Monroe's information on Kang as he learned that Kang was taken across the DMZ as a child after his father was executed for crimes against North Korea, but while they were crossing the border, his mother was killed by an American landmine. 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