‘They thought I was dead’: North Miami mayor had seizure-like symptoms on Africa trip

MIAMI — North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme suffered what he described as seizure-like symptoms during a recent trip to Africa, where he fainted during a lunch, he told The Miami Herald. “Oh my God, it was the scariest moment of my life,” he told the Herald shortly after landing in Miami on Wednesday. For the past few days, Desulme was being treated at Johns Hopkins at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Desulme said he was among 40 South Florida delegates on a two-week trip to Africa, visiting four countries including Sierra Leone, where he passed out during a lunch with Nigeria and Sierr...