White House protector and most decorated K-9 in US history dies: 'a very good boy'

The astir decorated K-9 successful U.S. past has died. 

Hurricane, a 15-year-old Belgian Malinois, died Tuesday aft much than a decennary successful the Secret Service. 

"Hurricane was a existent American hero," the White House X relationship posted Wednesday. "The astir decorated K-9 successful U.S. history, helium bravely defended the White House and spent status helping different moving dogs done @Hurricane_K9. His bequest of courageousness and loyalty volition unrecorded on. Rest easy, Hurricane." 

Hurricane gained nationalist prominence backmost successful 2014, erstwhile helium heroically wrestled an intruder to the crushed aft the antheral breached the White House gate. 

The intruder, Dominic Adesanya, scaled the White House obstruction and landed connected the North Lawn backmost successful October 2014 during the Obama administration. The intruder, who aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to trespassing, was archetypal met by a Secret Service canine named Jordan, earlier Hurricane jumped into enactment and subdued the intruder. 

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Former President Barack Obama and archetypal woman Michelle Obama were conscionable yards distant from the incident, watching a movie successful the White House theater, according to The New York Times. 

"He bushed Hurricane truly bad," Hurricane's handler, Marshall Mirarchi, said Tuesday of the incidental that near the K-9 with swollen legs and injured hips, according to Times. "But Hurricane did not springiness up."

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Hurricane was calved successful 2009 and served arsenic a peculiar operations canine successful the Secret Service from 2012 to 2016.

He received the Award for Meritorious Service from the Secret Service successful 2014 for his bravery, arsenic good arsenic the Secretary's Award for Valor from the Department of Homeland Security successful 2015. He besides received the Distinguished Service Medal successful 2022, according to the Secret Service. 

"On each displacement of each day, we astatine the Secret Service strive to uphold 5 halfway values; Duty, Honor, Loyalty, Justice, and Courage," Uniformed Division Assistant Chief Michael Buck said successful 2022 during the Distinguished Service Medal ceremony. "They are the 5 points of our agency’s star, and connected a acheronian nighttime successful October 2014, they were embodied by a precise bully lad named Hurricane."

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Hurricane visited the White House 1 past clip earlier his decease this week and was capable to accidental goodbye to his erstwhile team, Mirarchi told the Times. 

Hurricane retired successful 2016 pursuing the injuries helium sustained during the onslaught and was adopted by Mirarchi.

"What made Hurricane truthful peculiar was that helium could beryllium truthful ferocious and brave, yet beryllium truthful loving and benignant astatine the aforesaid time," Mirarchi told the Times. "He could beryllium biting and doing apprehension each time long, and erstwhile helium comes home, helium was this loving, caring, benignant soul."