In July Barack and Michelle Obama’s chef Tafari Campbell drowned in a pond near their Martha’s Vineyard home. The initial 911 call came from the Obama residence.
Campbell was reportedly paddle-boarding in Edgartown Great Pond with a 26-year-old female Obama staffer when he drowned.
The story about the drowning has changed many times.
Obama’s office previously claimed that Barack and Michelle were not present at the residence when Tafari drowned.
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch last week released new documents revealing Barack Obama was at the emergency scene of the drowning.
“The records, which are heavily redacted, indicate Barack Obama arrived at the emergency response scene via motorcade. A short time later, a cold, wet woman, who was a witness, arrived. The next morning, the eyewitness was interviewed in the Obama residence, again with Barack Obama present.” – Judicial Watch reported.
The Daily Mail obtained audio of a 911 call made by Obama’s Secret Service agent after Tafari Campbell fell off his paddleboard.
“We have a male drowning in the back of the property right now,” the agent named ‘Dave’ told the 911 dispatcher. “We have our rescue swimmers. They’re attempting to go out there right now.”
“A rescue swimmer and an agent driving down there right now to get on the boat,” the agent said.
Dave continued, “Someone came running up to our back post, saying a gentleman, it’s just a guest of the house, is out there drowning. So right now our rescue swimmer is going out there.”
Tafari Campbell’s body was recovered the morning after he drowned.
AUDIO courtesy of The Daily Mail:
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The Daily Mail reported:
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.
