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Check this out, guys. Mayday, mayday, mayday. American Airlines AA73 declaring a medical emergency. We have a child in a febrile seizure. Shock onset, eyes open but unresponsive, unable to move, requesting immediate priority landing.
American Airlines AA73 negative. Runway is closed due to a presidential arrival. Earliest approach window is 12 minutes out. Maintain holding.
12 minutes, tower. The child is seizing, losing tone, completely unresponsive. We don't even have 2 minutes. This is life critical. We need that runway now.
American Airlines AA73 follow procedure. You're carrying 230 additional passengers. From an operational standpoint, presidential priority overrides a single medical case.
Tower, every passenger, especially every child, is equal. This is not one medical case. This is someone's son, someone's entire world. American Airlines AA73 vacate approach immediately. Unauthorized entry during federal protocol will result in immediate certificate suspension and investigation.
You can suspend me, take my license, ground me forever. I'll accept all of it, but I will not sit in this cockpit and watch a child die because we're waiting on a political schedule.
Re-advise, visibility decreasing. Security convoy positioned. Runway cannot be opened at this time. If you proceed, enforcement will be immediate.
Then I'll face whatever comes. Better I lose my career than a family lose their child. American Airlines AA73 is coming down. End of discussion.