Banning asked if she was okay, Leah says that she's alright and that she had to stay in the hospital longer than she thought. His trusted commander-in-chief, President Allan Trumbull, had recommended for a position as Director of Secret Service to replace the retiring Director David Gentry. Mike Banning They uncovered that Kang is one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. She also says to General Clegg that there is used to be some old tunnels, but they were sealed up years ago. Between 2021 and 2022, there were a considerable number of books banned or challenged in the United States. 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. As they stood, Banning then fought Forbes. Banning killed one of the advancing terrorists to run to the front entrance and had the wounded agent drop the ground behind cover. 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,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. Trumbull said that they'd been trying to reach him and asked if he was alright. Banning thenguessed he's little rusty and sarcastically saidto the other terrorist that his friend was a funny guy. Banning convinced Forbes to tell Kang that he killed him to help him buy some time to save the president in order to make up for his treacherous deeds and used the radio to have Forbes contact Kang. Jacobs said if they got those codes, they could self-detonated any nuke that was fired, thus leaving America vulnerable to a nuclear strike. Banning informed the Pentagon that Connor is on his way up. He tried to help the agent, but the agent died. Michael Jameson Banning At the diner, Banning sat with Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, as well as his former subordinates, including Roma and O'Neil. Michael Jameson Banning As Banning movedto the stairway near the front entrance where Kang intendedto kill Secretary McMillan outside the White House in front of the media, he usedhis scoped MP5A3 to kill Kang's henchman Cho. He charged at him and shot the terrorist in the leg to use him as a human shield. Banning sarcastically said that it is funny. Trumbull toldBanning that the terrorists wanted themto recall the Seventh Fleet and pull their troops out of Korea. Launched in 1982, Banned Books Week was a response to an increase in the number of books being challenged by groups and individuals. After his successful rescue of President Asher and the prevention of a nationwide nuclear disaster, Mike was reinstated to the Presidential Detail. Michael Arceneaux. Battles/wars After his successful rescue of President Asher and the prevention of a nationwide nuclear disaster, Mike was reinstated to the Presidential Detail. Mike Banning was portrayed by Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Angel Has Fallen and Night Has Fallen. The terrorists just laughed at him. While traveling, a tree branch fell onto the lead vehicle and crashed into the limo, in which the President and his wife were seated in. 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. Later in the hallway near the state's dining room, Banning sawsomeone coming and putthe gun to the man's head. Forbes asked the same thing to Banning since he knows Banning works in the Treasury Department and Banning saidhe came in through the front door. Jacobs assuredhim that he did what was necessary on that bridge and even President Asher knewthat. The novel is based on the life of the central character named Mike Bowditch, who works as a game warden and patrols the wilderness of . As Benjamin and Connor left the press room, Mike stood proudly, knowing that he had redeemed himself. As they set down on the doorway near the state's dining room, Forbes asked Banning if the president's okay. While doing so, he got into the President's laptop and deleted the classified files so no one would get their hands on it. 52 Kang just says that he admires him for acknowledging his own failure, but states there is no going back and nothing he can do tonight can atone for his disgrace. 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. Then,he sawa weapons control laptop. Married 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. Banning toldTrumbull that they need to know what they are going to walk into and warnedhim not to launch anything until he did some reconnaissance. As he tried to shoot Kang, Banning kills another one of Kang's men. Banning convincedForbes to tell Kang that he killed him to help him buy some time to save the president in orderto make up for his treacherous deeds and usedthe radio to have Forbes contact Kang. He then remindedConnor climbing the shaft is like doing the chimney climb just likehow Banning taught Connor in the Rose Garden wall. 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. Then the fourth terrorist pinnedhim. Banning and Asher ran for it and entered the emptied streets, taking down a squad of terrorists who had invaded the London Underground. And in honor of the festivities, many books by Black authors are receiving quite a bit of shine. Jacobs asked Banning if they can trust the information and he replied he just asked them nicely. Once it was done, Banning killed Forbes by stabbing him in the head. Patriotic Special Agent. Type of Hero Olympus 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. He yelledout to the agents with him as the rocket destroyedthe front door and killedthree Secret Service agents nearby. Banning finally calledLeah, who has been working in the hospital since the siege, and gota hold of her while he was treatinghis own injuries. Readers seem to either love or hate the . 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 pulledoutother pistol. Banning angrily told them to abort the mission, but in vain. The Speaker reluctantly says that they are going to recall the Seventh Fleet and pull their troops out of Korea, as well as givingthem the helicopter to the North Lawn. After suiting up with the terrorist's armored suit, Banning took a picture of the Korean tattoo of a terrorist's nape and sent it to the Pentagon. As Connor climbed up, Banning informedJacobs he's coming up. Mike told him that the bloodbath will start if Margaret caught him playing it, and he turned off the TV. Trumbull said that they are talking about the safety of the President of the United States and Banning replied that they are talking more than that. As they stood, Banning then fought Forbes. Alive Banning persuaded them to tell him what it was. Army Ranger (formerly)Secret Service:AgentDirector Forbes said that with that snowstorm, he would get out of the tuxedo, sit by the fire and watch Breaking Bad. While traveling, a tree branch fellonto the lead vehicle and crashed into the limo, in which the President and his wife were seated in. Despite the terrorist's fighting prowess, Banning soon overpowered him and bashed his head with the robust statue of Abraham Lincoln, killing the terrorist. Jacobs quickly toldBanning that it's Shift-3. As the time was getting close to thirty seconds, Banning told them to hurry up. Mike and Clay at the Zero Gravity Center. He hadnever beenphotographed or identified by any Western intelligence agency before and nobody thought to look for him inside the South Korean government. After his military service, Banning became a Secret Service agent, where he served as the leader of the Protection Detail for President Benjamin Asher. Banning suspectedthat they are out to get Connor to make President Asher reveal his Cerberus code. After being exonerated for an assassination plot againstPresident Trumbull, he was promoted to Director of the Secret Service. As they went to the front entrance, Banning had apologizedfor the damage on the White House. He movedaway from the chopper and went to the hole on it. 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. As Mike was being escorted, he sees Connor hugging his father outside the ambulance and feltrelieved to see that as he was escorted by troops to the ambulance. It was noted that, according to Jennings, Mike bought a vehicle for their cook in the Army, Moe. As President Asher screamed in agony, Banning, along with Connor and the Secret Service agents, were in deep shock over the loss of Margaret. Although he slashed the terrorist's leg after blocking one of his kicks and again slashed his right arm, Kang pushedBanning to the concrete wall and he made the agent lose the knife during the struggle. Award-winning literature like "The 1619 Project" and "The Hate You Give" have been banned in parts of the country. 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. Martin, and Children of Dun. Banning toldAsher to press his stomach wound harderand quicklyrushed to the bunker to disableCerberus. 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. As they set down on the doorway near the state's dining room, Forbes asked Banning if the president's okay. Mike knocked on the door and told the president that they were to leave in 5 minutes. Review titles, descriptions & prices listed below. 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. Before parting ways, Mike revealed to his father that he has a wife and daughter. 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. Minutes later, Mike changed to the tuxedo, when they were about to take the President and his family to a campaign fundraiser on Christmas. He toldTrumbull to give him some time to flush them out. Days later, Banning was finally reinstated to the protection detail as he, along with Connor, Jacobs and General Clegg, watched President Asher addressing the media and the entire nation about the aftermath of the attack on the American lives that had lost and his assurance that America would rebuild from the siege. Kang YeonsakDave ForbesAamir BarkawiKamran BarkawiSultan MansoorMartin KirbyWade Jennings Michael Jameson Banning Alias (es) Mike Big Top Echelon Four Oscar Zulu 309 Mr. Banning Origin Has Fallen franchise Occupation Army Ranger (formerly) Secret Service: Agent (formerly) Director Powers/Skills Military training High intelligence Weaponry and knives expertise Hand-to-hand combat Great physical strength Expert Leadership Hobby Mike recalled to his father that he had been in West Virginia for the past five years; North Carolina and Alaska prior to that. That is heartening. Trumbull informed Banning that if Kang is still in the bunker with the President, Banning could not let Kang leave with Asher. Butler first debuted the character of Mike Banning in 2013's Olympus Has Fallen. After Banning typed in pound sign, Monroe gave him the final codes. About the Author. As he was quietly looking in the wall, he found Connor, who had hidden there during the attack. As Connor was climbing up, Banning informed Jacobs he's coming up. Books with sexually explicit content, or those that challenge religious or . Another book banned in U.S. prisons is Tupac: Resurrection, the companion book to the Oscar winning film. Banning picked up the radio from one of the terrorists he shot, and this connected him to Kamran Barkawi (the film's secondary antagonist) who revealed that he had coordinated and authorized the attack on London. Banning pickedup the radio from one of the terrorists he shot, and this connectedhim to Kamran Barkawi who revealedthat he had coordinated the attackson London. Trumbull explainedthat Cerberus is a highly-classified military protocol; athree-prong fail-safe device that can self-destructany U.S. nuclear missiles in flight. Banning told Agent Mark Diaz to ride shotgun on Presidential state car nicknamed The Beast, considering his Christmas gift. 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. Banning finally called Leah, who has been working in the hospital since the siege, and got a hold of her while he was treating his own injuries. Banning toldthe Pentagon to wait and let him check out the roof first. When they refused and were about to suicide bomb the fence, he killed one of them. 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. Banning grabbed one of the Kang's knives and tried to attack him with it. Forbes then tells Kang that he got Banning and that everything is clear. Then a few tense moments, Banning waited for the moment before he and Connor sprinted towards the other secret door as the terrorists fired at the walls. Jacobs told Banning that he had to start living in the real world and forgive himself for failing to save Margaret. He is portrayed by Gerard Butler. Jacobs saidif they gotthose codes and self-detonated the nukes, it wouldleave America vulnerable to a nuclear strike. 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. Banning and Asher ran for it and entered the emptied streets, taking down a squadof terrorists who hadinvaded the London Underground. Then, he demandedthe name of his leader and how many men they had. Banning, fed up with Kang and quietly distressed that Kang mentioning Leah, just finished the conversation, saying that let each other play a game of "f*ck off. Monroe checkedthe background onKang. He was talking to his wife, Leah, after he missed the 4th of July celebration with her. 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. 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. However, they were interrupted when Banning and the protection detail saw a large number of unmanned drones approaching from the north. Flamer by Mike Curato Title: Flamer Series: Flamer Author: Mike Curato Young Adult Coming of Age Comics & Graphic Novels Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. September 1st, 2020 Recommended Age 14+ 368 pages Find for FREE in a library at WorldCat.org Find at amazon.com Book Challenges After briefly looking at the pictures of the President and his family, he wenton toseea terrorist coming at the Oval Office and foughthim. However, the terrorists, armed with FIM-92 Stinger missile launchers, shot all Marine One helicopters down, and when Banning's Marine One helicopter crashed, the collision lodged a metallic spike through Jacobs, and she bled to death. He tookthem to another roomand tiedthem to the chair. Clay detonates explosives around the perimeter of the house, killing all the would-be attackers. 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 the terrorists were advancing to the White House, DCPolice officers fired at them from the outside until a female sniper killedthem. He began to question his life now that he is expecting father and had been contemplating whether to resign from the protection detail. As Mike was being escorted, he sees Connor hugging his father outside the ambulance and felt relieved to see that as he was escorted by troops to the ambulance. While he was about to be checked on by paramedics, he sawLeah waiting in the ambulance. Banned books: eight authors targeted by censors speak up about why they think it happened Titles by and about LGBTQ2S+ young people are among the most banned books, especially in the U.S. By Paul Gallant March 17, 2022 4:20 pm EDT DeShanna Neal, Susan Kuklin, Alex Gino and Bil Wright join Xtra's roundtable on censorship. Three top U.S. government officials hadthe partial output ofthe codes to activate Cerberus; President Asher, Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Joe Hoenig, all of whom were held hostage in the bunker. Trumbull informedBanning that if Kang is still in the bunker with the President, Mike could notlet Kang leave with Asher. Banning confirmed to her that he is in the Oval Office while getting a pistol from the President's desk. He suspectedthat Kang is still in the bunker with President Asher and he wouldtry to get away under that cover. Banning has been compared by some film critics as being rather similar to the protagonist Jack Bauer on the TV show. Jacobs assured him that he did what was necessary on that bridge and even President Asher knew that. Banning killedone of the advancing terrorists to runto the front entrance and hadthe wounded agent drop the ground behind cover. To protest this most un-American of activities, I like to read one of the books that the narrow . Once Banning did all that, the deactivation sequence was initiated. Mike He tookthe RPGlauncher and firedat the last Hydra 6 weaponry, but that last gun destroyedthe fifth chopper, as thehelicopter was about to crash on the White House. Then, he looked back and sawa terrorist about to fire an RPG rocket. With those poor choice of words and with Kang looking at the wounded Asher struggling to get close to him, the motivated Banning usedhis elbow to strike Kang's right arm and bashed his head with his knee. Connor remarkedto Mike that he sucks as he shutoff the game console, and Mike repliedthat he sucks worse as they started preparing to leave. Forbes then tells Kang that he got Banning and that everything is clear. Micheal Jameson Banning was born on September 16th, 1970 in Fort Hood, Texas, to Clay Banning, a decorated Army Ranger serving as a tunnel rat in the Vietnam War, and his wife Mary Banning (ne DeWitt). He is a former Army Ranger who currently works as a protective agent for the Secret Service. March 3, 2021. 5p. After that tragedy, he was demoted to the desk job in the Treasury Department and had since been a troubled workaholic. 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. Then Banning told Connor to stay close to him. Mother-in-law:Doris Throughout the events, he hid a fact that he was suffering from migraines and insomnia, as well as the recurring back pain, likely due to events in the White House Siege and the London Siege. After a few tense moments, Jacobs toldBanning that Connor's out of the building safely, much to his relief. As Trumbull called someone to get the deactivation code, General Clegg told Banning to find the control panel marked "Countermand" and flipped a switch that's marked "Initiate Recall". Mike noticed the hospital's nitrogen and oxygen supply had leaked, realizing that Jennings was going to destroy the hospital's Intensive Care Unit and Gentry ordered a full evacuation of the hospital. 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