by Shawn Cohen at Daily Mail
- DailyMail.com has obtained the 911 call made by Barack Obama’s Secret Service agents after chef Tafari Campbell fell off a paddle board on Martha’s Vineyard
- ‘We have a male drowning in the back of the property right now,’ the agent named Dave tells a dispatcher July 23
- Campbell’s body was found the next morning in shallow water by a rescue boat and investigators soon declared Campbell’s death an accidental drowning
A Secret Service agent at Barack Obama‘s Martha’s Vineyard estate called 911 for help rescuing chef Tafari Campbell after he’d fallen off a paddle board, dramatic audio of the calls obtained by DailyMail.com reveal.
‘We have a male drowning in the back of the property right now,’ the agent named Dave tells a dispatcher at the 911 call center the night of July 23. ‘We have our rescue swimmers. They’re attempting to go out there right now.’
The agent reported that that there were already swimmers in the water trying to find the ‘house guest’ who’d fallen.
Audio from two initial calls, shared Tuesday by the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office, were heavily redacted, bleeping out names and other specifics about those involved and the property.
But the calls show early chaos as Secret Service, staff and others on site scrambled to get help after the Obamas’ personal chef Campbell, 45, fell into the water.
The former president would arrive minutes later,…
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