New Delhi, March 27 -- A US Secret Service officer rescued a child who escaped through the White House north fence on Wednesday evening. The officer reunited the child with his parents.

A video from the incident emerged on the social media platform X, where the officer was carrying the child.

"A child just breached the perimeter of the White House. He was small enough to fit through the fence posts. Secret Service picked him up and brought him back to his family 'without incident'. It'll be a great party story for the rest of his life," an X user wrote.

US Secret Service addressed the incident and wrote on X, "Just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers observed a child slip through the White Hous...