Michael Jameson Banning As Banning made it to the White House, he saw the White House damaged by the AC-130 mini-guns and numerous bodyguards were killed. Though Asher attempted to save the unconscious Margaret, he was pulled from the car by Banning when it was about to fall off the bridge. Then, he tossed the soft ball at his computer screen, bored. Kang then tauntedBanning again, asking about Leah and he knows about her too. A pleased Trumbull then authorized Banning to get President Asher out. Connor remarkedto Mike that he sucks as he shutoff the game console, and Mike repliedthat he sucks worse as they started preparing to leave. Banning only threatened Kamran that he's coming to kill him unless he retreated back to Iran or Pakistan or wherever he's from, despite Kamran promising to stream Asher's execution to the whole world. He toldConnor to wait to prevent making noises. After noticing the footsteps of the commandos, he sneaked into the hidden tunnels behind the Lincoln Bedroom walls. Mike is reunited with his spouse Leah after he escorts the President out of the White House bunker. When Monroe said the word "Hash tag", Banning was confused as he didn't know what it is. contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Then, he saw a FN M240D machine gun hidden in the garbage truck and tried to warn the agents to go back inside, but the majority of the agents were killed by the machine gun fire, as Banning watched in horror. London Monroe checkedthe background onKang. Trumbull toldhimhe had givena good shotthat he saved McMillan as Banning continuedtostop the looming nuclear threat. February 1, 2022. He asked Connor if he was alright and Connor nodded. Michael Jameson "Mike" Banning (born September 16, 1970) is a former Army Ranger who worked as a protective agent for the Secret Service and served as the head of the Presidential Detail. Once Banning did all that, the deactivation sequence was initiated. After learning that the snowstorm outside was getting worse (but was advised that he was still able to drive), Banning orderedthem to get the vehicles ready. Jacobs saidthat Asherjust wasn't ready to see him everyday because the sight of him still remindedhim of Margaret's death and hadn't stopped grieving properly. 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. 00:34. He reloaded a new magazine into his pistol, when he saw one of his friends got shot in the neck. Mike unmasked and recognized one of the assailants as Bruno who took part in the training exercise at the beginning of the film. While Mike was patrolling the White House, Trumbull informedhim that they have to get Kang and the President out of the open while giving himthe chopper astheir best shot untilhe heard an explosion. Banning tells her he's just checking in. As the White House was taken, Banning exploredaround to find any weapons and checking out if any agents were alive. As he was quietly lookingin the wall, he foundConnor, who had hidden there during the attack. 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. As the terrorist saw Connor in the shaft, Banning quickly sneaked up and grabbed the terrorist from behind, strangling him with his arms before breaking his neck. Then, with Connor, he wentover the number of emergency exits in the West Wing, the number of feet from the Oval Office to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center elevator and the number of the security cameras that recordedaudio. He lifted Connor to the shaft and Connor began his climb to the top of the shaft. 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. Due to his heroic efforts of saving America and the President from certain death situations by deadly terrorists, Mike is considered to be one of America's greatest heroes. Mike knocked on the door and told the president that they were to leave in 5 minutes. After being exonerated for an assassination attempt on Trumbull, he was promoted to Director of the Secret Service. Banning pushed to the table in the state's dining room. Then Forbes letout his own knife and triedto stab Banning with it, but Banning was provento be superior and stabbedForbes' chest with the knife Forbes was using and knockedhim down. Banning identified himself as Echelon 4 and gave Jacobs his designation code. Trumbull said the President would hold out as long as possible as things were, but if they used Connor against him, Asher won't hold out under those circumstances. Then, he arrivedat the Treasury Department. Goals After a brief fight, Banning managed to get behind Yu and brokehis neck, killing Yu. 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. General Clegg orderedBanning to stand down, stating that they need to put him out of here before theylost another hostage, since Vice President Charlie Rodriguez has been executed by Kang. He toldthem that the terrorists were looking for him and tells everyone to use him. Blume has never shied away from taking book banning proponents on directly. By Serena O'Sullivan, Komando.com. As the terrorist blockedhim in, Banning uses the scoped Heckler & Koch MP5A3to shootthat terrorist's feet and quickly finishedhim off before heading to the roof as the Hydra 6 annihilatedthe SEAL team. While the President was on comatose due to injuries sustained from the attack, Mike was placed under arrest by FBI agent Helen Thompson as she and her people had uncovered substantial evidence of his hair and DNA stored in the discarded cargo van used to carry out the massacre. Banning killedthe terrorist he used as a human shield as he watches as the Hydra 6 rose up and started firing on the helicopters. March 3, 2021. Then he wentbehind a picture where a hidden safe is located and openedthe safe where the President's satellite phone is at and contactedthe Pentagon with it. At night, Mike and his father observed Jennings' men approaching Clay's house through surveillance cameras. Mike led the President to the emergency vehicles when he saw Jennings and his men arrived and started their attack. While loading the dead terrorist's weapons, Banning asked what Cerberus is and General Clegg replied that it was classified, although Banning persuadedto tell them what it is. As Mike looked at the North Lawn, he was horrified that the helicopter exploded and feared the worst. Banning suspected that they are out to get Connor to make President Asher reveal his Cerberus code. As more reinforcements from the Secret Service were coming out from the front door, Banning was about to fire back at the terrorists, when he saw them going down. Profession Then, First Lady Margaret Asher came up and asked Mike whether she should wear the long or the short earrings. Then he continues on to the White House hallways. Then, he sawan FN M240D machine gun hidden in the garbage truck and triedto warn the agents to go back inside,but the majority of the agents were killed by the machine gun fire, as Banning watched in horror. Banning sarcastically said that it is funny. Residence(s) 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. Forbes asked if Roma made it and Banning shook his head, which seemingly upsets Forbes. 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. As Banning tookthe terrorist's pistol, he founda picture of Connor, realizing that they were looking for him. As the time was getting close to thirty seconds, Banning toldthem to hurry up. Trumbull saidwhile President Asher wouldhold out as long as possible, if they gotConnor and hurt him, Asher won't hold out under those circumstances. Alias(es) Once it was done, Banning killed Forbes by stabbing him in the head. The Twilight series has brought author Stephanie Meyer millions, but. He then reminded Connor climbing the shaft is like doing the chimney climb just like how Banning taught Connor in the Rose Garden wall. Banning managed to get the passenger door open, but the door on Margaret's side was jammed. As he regainedconsciousness, Banning, who is in pain due to the injuries he sustained from the fall, crawl sluggishly to the bed frame in theLincoln Bedroom. 1 bestseller in the . Michael enlisted in the Navy Reserves while still in his senior year of high school. As he and Connor made it to the door, Banning dove down to the side and fired the last two rounds in his pistol at the door of the Lincoln bedroom and quickly pulled out other pistol. The duo were being forced out to the streets and droveoff, but were hit by the terrorists in a truck and they kidnapped Asher. With that, he decided to delete his letter. Michael Jameson "Mike" Banning is the main protagonist in the action thriller film series Has Fallen. You go first" and disabled the radio. Jacobs quickly toldBanning that it's Shift-3. Then, Banning and the other Secret Service agents departed Camp David with the President and First Lady, as Connor went with him, as well as Agents Roma and O'Neil. Then, he saw a shadow of one of the terrorists coming in the storage area. When the terrorists shut the power down in the White House, Banning realized that the surveillance feed is still operational and headed for the control room. However, the duo got incapacitated in the process and sent to Saint Matthews Hospital. Banning informed the Speaker that they cannot give Kang and his men what they want and he had dealt with these type of men before. Jacobs asked if the commando's alive and Banning only replied, "Ask me a serious question." He was talking to his wife, Leah, after he missed the 4th of July celebration with her. As they stood, Banning then fought Forbes. Back in his car, Banning called Leah on his phone, but got her voice mail instead and he said he's 'just checking in'. He tookthem to another roomand tiedthem to the chair. Nickname(s) However, Mike thwarted the live execution and rescued President Asher. Banning said that the terrorists got him in the bunker. On his next mission, which Banning decides to make as his last, he was assigned to protect President Asher and Jacobs as they traveled to London to attend the British Prime Minister's funeral. The plane fired at the streets and killed many Secret Service agents and civilians. Children While doing so, he got into the President's laptop and deleted the classified files so no one would get their hands on it. The group of Korean men began their operation to attack the White House, and Banning tried to contact anyone on the radio, but got no response. Origin After that tragedy, he was demoted to the desk job in the Treasury Department and had since been a troubled workaholic. After that tragedy, he was demoted to the desk job in the Treasury Department and had since been a troubled workaholic. Banning said that there wouldn't be a second chance because he would die down in the bunker alone and cut off from the world. After the speech, Mike and President Asher shook hands. As Banning moved to the stairway near the front entrance where Kang intended to kill Secretary McMillan outside the White House in front of the media, he used his scoped MP5A3 to kill Kang's henchman Cho. As they set down on the doorway near the state's dining room, Forbes asked Banning if the president's okay. She replied that he still missed his mother, but also Banning, and drove the Secret Service crazy with his hiding spots, thanks to Banning's training. 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. As the Korean terrorists were advancing to the White House, D.C. Metropolitan Police officers fired at them from the outside until a female Korean sniper killed them. Credit: Elham Numan/Xtra As he was quietly looking in the wall, he found Connor, who had hidden there during the attack. It's targeting authors who deal with race, sexuality, and gender, and it's moving with a fervency that should . Banning contained to serve in the Presidential Detail for President Asher until his second term in office ended. Banning toldthe Pentagon to wait and let him check out the roof first. Banning said that they will make a Secret Service agent out of Connor, and Roma remarks that he just needs to remember to put his seat belt on. However, they were interrupted when Banning and the protection detail saw a large number of unmanned drones approaching from the north. When he sawthe AC-130 making an attack, Banning yelledout to everyone to get out of the way. Martin, and Children of Dun. He then served Allan Trumbull when his administration started. Protect the First Lady Margaret Asher (succeeded until her death)Protect President Asher and his son Connor (succeeded)Protect President Trumbull (succeeded) Banning toldAgent Mark Diaz to ride shotgun on Presidential state car nicknamed The Beast as his Christmas gift. Banning then killedtwo of the terrorists with his pistol using that terrorist as a shield. When Leah asked her husband if he couldcome home, Banning repliedthat he will and they got a date to do soon. By dawn, Banning tookthe wounded President Asher out of the White House. Three top government officials had the partial output of the codes to activate Cerberus; President Asher, Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Joe Hoenig, all of whom were being held hostage in the bunker. Roma, who took over Mike's spot as head of the Presidential Detail, introduced Banning to Agent Jones. Then, he gotaccess to the computer and Banning usedhis thumbprint on the USB scanner to access the computer and disabledthe surveillance cameras so the terrorists wouldn't find him and Connor easily. General Clegg said with the force that size, he had men who can sweep them out in short order. Banning finds Connor in the hidden passageway. Mike went on a rural fishing trip with President Trumbull where both of them shared jokes about the President taking a day off to catch some fish. Trumbull informed Banning that if Kang is still in the bunker with the President, Banning could not let Kang leave with Asher. However, the Barkawi Arms Network: an Islamic militant group led by Pakistani arms dealer and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi assassinated five world leaders and tried to kill President Asher live via internet. Full Name As he stood down, the surprised Banning asked Forbes what he wasdoing in the White House and Forbes saidthat he was with the South Korean delegation whenthis event went down. Because of his special forces training from his Army Rangers background, Mike Banning is a highly skilled and intelligent Secret Service agent. His mother died years afterwards. Roma, who took Mike's spot as head of the Presidential Detail, introduced Banning to Agent Jones. After briefly looking at the pictures of the President and his family, he went on to see a Korean terrorist coming at the Oval Office and fought him. Nobody in the Pentagon recognized the tattoo and Trumbull had the director of the CIA to sent over to Langley. Jacobs told Banning that he had to start living in the real world and forgive himself for failing to save Margaret. Then, he killed one of the terrorists by stabbing him repeatedly with his knife and finishes him off by slashing him in the throat. He toldConnor to watch his back in case if any commandos came in as he unscrews the vent crate and informedThe Pentagon that Connorwouldbe coming out in the ground floor through the ventilation shaft in the northwest corner. Appears in Military trainingHigh intelligenceWeaponry and knives expertiseHand-to-hand combatGreat physical strengthExpert Leadership At the diner, Banning sat with Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, as well as his former subordinates, including Roma and O'Neil. Gerard Butler Kang then taunted Banning again, asking about Leah and he knows about her too. 5 bestselling book on Amazon. Affiliation While Banning was patrolling the White House, Trumbull informed him that they have to get Kang and the President out of the open while giving him the chopper as their best shot until he heard an explosion. But the other man detonatedthe bomb and destroyedthe fence. Trumbull told Banning that they wanted them to recall the Seventh Fleet and pulled their troops out of Korea. Banning then guessed he's little rusty and sarcastically said to the other terrorist that his friend was a funny guy. Calls to Ban Books by Black Authors Are Increasing Amid Critical Race Theory Debates. Meanwhile, Banning ambushed two of the commandos and knockedthem out. Forbes said that with that snowstorm, he would get out of the tuxedo, sit by the fire and watch Breaking Bad. 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 typed in the code panel and got another pistol from a lock box. When Wilcox was shot dead by Jennings, Mike and Gentry quickly led the President to the adjacent building and hid both Gentry and Trumbull in the office while he went out to rearm himself to engage Jennings and his men. As author Carmen Maria Machado whose award-winning memoir about a queer, abusive relationship met protests from Texas parents tells us, "Preventing children from reading my book, or any . Spouse Mike went on a rural fishing trip with President Trumbull where both of them shared jokes about the President taking a day off to catch some fish. Why. Mike underwent extensive training session with his former fellow colleague in the Army Rangers, Wade Jennings, and his commandos working for a private military company named Salient Global at their base in Virginia. Then he taunted that he would send photos of his body to the press, because he knows Kang likes that kind of stuff before ending the call and locking out Kang's video access and headed out to the bunker where Kang would leave - as Banning had disabled Kang's communications, thus preventing him from making televised executions on video feeds to the Pentagon, the only way Kang would force Trumbull's cooperation is by executing another hostage in the open, where the media was, thus leaving himself vulnerable to a clean shot from Banning. As he tried to shoot Kang, Banning kills another one of Kang's men. He began to question his life now that he is expecting father and hadbeen contemplating whether to resign from the protectiondetail. This time around, the franchise has decided to expand Mike Banning's. Banning reloaded his last magazine and asked his former co-workers where President Asher is. Mike underwent extensive training session with his former fellow colleague in the Army Rangers, Wade Jennings, and his commandos of a private military company named Salient Global in their base in Virginia. He then served Allan Trumbull when his administration started. Family After knocking Banning down, Kang beganto strangle him with his right hand. He alertedthe Pentagon throughthe bunker's radio microphonethat the President Asher was hurt, but alive and asked how to disable theprotocol. REUTERS. He told Connor to wait up to prevent noises. He aslo reluctantly informed Banning that a Cerberus code has been entered. Authors of banned books say the efforts to contest their books have never been more organized before. sendit over to Langley. 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