Inside the White House bunker used after 9/11 where Trump was taken during George Floyd riots
PRESIDENT Donald Trump was taken inside the White House bunker as George Floyd riots escalated across Washington D.C.
Agents reportedly rushed Trump to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) - which was used after the 9/11 terror attacks and is equipped with secret tunnels - on Friday night.
It is located in the ground below the East Wing of the White House, but its exact placement is kept secret.
The PEOC was constructed to protect Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and was originally built to hold out against a direct nuclear hit.
The detailed that the PEOC can be accessed by an elevator "located behind multiple vault-type doors with biometric access control systems."
She witnessed "unfinished subterranean hallways underneath the White House" as she was taken to the PEOC.
Bush recalled old tile floors, pipes hanging from ceilings, and mechanical equipment in the underground command center.
“At least five stories deep, the bunker, which was completed near the end of Obama’s tenure, can house the staff of the entire West Wing indefinitely in the event of a weapons of mass destruction attack," author Ronald Kessler wrote.
President Trump was in the bunker for less than an hour, the news outlet reported.
At one point, amid the riots, the lights which illuminate the White House were turned off - apparently so the Secret Service could use night vision to monitor protesters.
On Friday, the White House went into lockdown as marched on the Capitol.
Secret Service officials reportedly placed Trump's abode on high alert in response to the protesters before the lockdown concluded just before 8.30pm.
The death of , 46, in has sparked with demonstrators calling for an end to police violence.
Officer was kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck for eight minutes as George pleaded, "please don't kill me" and said "I can't breathe", before losing consciousness.