Recently released dispatch audio and images provide a sobering glimpse into the night US Senator Lindsey Graham unexpectedly passed away at age 71. The recordings detail the frantic attempts made to save his life.
As revealed by reports from CNN and The Wall Street Journal, emergency services were summoned to Graham’s residence on Saturday evening following a call about a ‘cardiac arrest’ situation.
Responders reached a residence located south of Washington, D.C., shortly before 8:30 p.m. This address, as noted in public records, is associated with Graham. There, the team administered CPR to an individual experiencing cardiac arrest, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Subsequently, officials communicated over the radio that a woman, identified later, was driving from Baltimore and informed dispatchers that the front door to the residence was open.
Contrary to her report, first responders found the door locked upon arrival. By 8:35 p.m., officials radioed in their decision to force entry into the unknown person’s home, according to the media outlet.
Nearly 15 minutes later, EMS reported that they were administering CPR and dispatchers sent a supervisor to assist the crew.
Graham’s name was not mentioned, and the patient in the 911 call was identified as 73 years old.
Chilling photos obtained by TMZ showed paramedics desperately attempting to save the senator’s life.
Graham is seen on a gurney, being wheeled out of his home, as first responders surrounded him.
The harrowing 911 call placed after US Senator Lindsey Graham’s sudden death has been revealed
An ambulance and fire truck transported Graham to George Washington Hospital’s emergency room on Saturday night
The office of Graham, who has represented South Carolina since 2002, announced in the early hours of Sunday that the senator, ‘had passed away from a brief and sudden illness’ – just two days after his 71st birthday.
In the audio the dispatcher is heard saying EMS is responding to the ‘cardiac arrest’ at Graham’s residence, which was censored.
The emergency call was placed from Graham’s residence around 8.30pm, but no official cause of death has been confirmed.
President Donald Trump shared a tribute to the late Senator on Truth Social shortly after the announcement was made.
‘Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead!
‘He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!! DETAILS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO FOLLOW. So sad!,’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Graham was one of Trump’s closest allies in the US Senate, consistently voting to enact the president’s agenda.
The commander-in-chief also shared the final conversation he had with the senator, revealing what he claims was the veteran Republican’s last political wish before his unexpected death.
In a Sunday morning interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump revealed that Graham was ‘like a member of the family to him,’ and that the two had spoken over the phone on Saturday night.
Trump also revealed that Graham called him to discuss the passage of the SAVE America Act, which Graham co-sponsored in the US Senate.
‘He actually said he was tired, but he wanted to pass the SAVE America Act, and I said, ‘Well, we’re going to get it done, Lindsey. We’re going to get it done. I’ll see you, like, soon,’ Trump noted on Meet the Press.
The SAVE America Act has been passed by the US House of Representatives three times, but has not been passed by the Senate, where it needs 60 votes due to the filibuster.
Graham was a close political ally of Donald Trump, who last year called the senator ‘a wonderful friend.’ Graham is pictured with Trump at a 2020 rally
US Senator Lindsey Graham has died aged 71 from a ‘brief and sudden illness’
DC Fire and EMS medical units and EMS supervisors deliver Senator Lindsey Graham to George Washington Hospital Emergency Room on the night of July 11
Trump posted this tribute to Graham shortly after the senator’s office announced his death
In a separate interview with CNN on Sunday morning, Trump revealed to anchor Jake Tapper what he considered to be Graham’s finest moment in the US Senate: his defense of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.
Graham’s death comes just days after he visited Ukraine and met with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to discuss the ongoing Russian invasion.
His meeting with the leader of Ukraine is understood to be the last public image of him.
There were no known concerns about his health in the lead-up to his trip to the embattled nation.