Marco Rubio Reveals Bizarre ‘Death’ Scare Aboard Air Force One
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revealed an unusual incident aboard Air Force One that left some of the nation’s highest-ranking officials unsure what they should do.
For approximately an hour and a half, Rubio and others reportedly debated
whether to intervene as an unidentified person remained completely motionless despite the activity happening around them.
Rubio revealed during an appearance on the Katie Miller Podcast that he and other officials returning from China spent approximately 90 minutes wondering whether a person sleeping in an Air Force One conference room might actually be dead.
“We spent about 90 minutes sort of debating should we make a move?” Rubio recalled.
“Should I call the doc?” he continued.
“Should we deal with this?” Rubio asked as he recounted the bizarre situation.
According to Rubio, the officials hesitated because waking someone who was merely enjoying an unusually deep sleep could create an embarrassing situation.
“Because it’s embarrassing if you wake them up,” Rubio said, imagining the person responding, “Oh, I was just sleeping.”
The alternative, however, was considerably more serious.
“But if they were dead, like what do you do?” Rubio said.
“You have a dead body on the plane,” he continued.
“Who’s going to — what do you deal with that?” Rubio asked.
Rubio said the person had slept through “a lot of noise” and was not “responding to any of the stimulus,” which made those around the individual increasingly concerned.
He also said “the breathing pattern was difficult,” adding another reason for the officials to wonder whether something might be seriously wrong.
