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How Obama photographer rescued tourists

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Photographer hosts marooned tourists in Maasai Mara. (Courtesy)

The distress call came in at 2am Tuesday from a camp operator in Masai Mara.

The call startled David Macharia, the renowned photographer whose images of former US President Barack Obama catapulted him to national fame.

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