US Secret Service Special Operations Canine Hurricane Is Awarded PDSA Order Of Merit

On 22 October 2014, Canine Handler Officer Marshall Mirarchi and Hurricane were on duty at the White House with the US Secret Service Emergency Response Team (ERT).

Suddenly and unexpectedly, a man vaulted the White house fence and sprinted across the lawn, towards where President Obama and his family were residing.

Read Hurricane's heroic story

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