PAX TOLD PLT HE WAS SICK. PLT REQUESTED LOWER ALT; AT PAX REQUEST; AND PLT ALSO ASKED FOR PRIORITY HANDLING; ALERTED ARPT AND COMPANY TO HAVE EMER MEDICAL CREW MEET ACFT. PAX RECOVERED AND MEDICAL NOT REQUIRED. PROBABLE PAX PANIC ATTACK.

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PICKED UP 3 PAX IN SML FOR RETURN FLT TO FLL. APPROX 40 MINS AFTER DEP; PAX INFORMED ME HE WAS ILL. HE MOVED UP CLOSER WHERE I COULD SPEAK WITH HIM. HE LOOKED NERVOUS AND HAD SWEAT RUNNING ON HIS FACE. HE SAID HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AND INQUIRED OUR ALT. I INFORMED HIM 8000 FT; LOWER THAN NORMAL DUE TO HEADWINDS. I ASKED IF HE WAS IN PAIN; IE; HEART ATTACK. HE SAID NO; AND WISHED TO TRY A LOWER ALT TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE PROB. I INFORMED THE CTR OF OUR PROB AND THEY CLRED ME TO 6000 FT. I ASKED THE PAX A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING HIS SYMPTOMS AND SCHEDULE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. I FELT HIS PULSE AND HEAD -- HE SEEMED NORMAL; JUST VERY ANXIOUS. I POINTED OUT NASSAU TO HIM AND SAID WE COULD LAND THERE IF HE PREFERRED; THAT FLL WAS A BIT OVER AN HR AWAY. HE ASKED ABOUT THEIR MEDICAL FACILITIES; AND DECIDED IT WOULD BE IN HIS BEST INTEREST TO GO TO FLL. I GAVE ALL THE INFO I HAD TO THE CTR AND REQUESTED EMS TO MEET THE FLT. THE PAX HAD NOW STOPPED SWEATING AND I AGAIN ASKED FOR A LOWER ALT. HE SAID HE WAS NOW FEELING BETTER. I WAS GIVEN PRIORITY INTO FLL. I DID INFORM CTR OF THE CONDITION; BUT RETAINED THE PRIORITY CLRNC ANYWAY AND THE COMPANY HAD AMBULANCE STANDING BY. I LEFT THE PAX IN THE PARAMEDIC'S CAPABLE HANDS AND ESCORTED THE OTHER FOLKS TO CUSTOMS. ON RETURNING TO THE RAMP; EMS INFORMED ME THE PAX ELECTED TO TAKE HIS OWN CAR HOME! IN MY UNPROFESSIONAL OPINION; AND THAT OF EMS; HE WAS HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK. MY COMPLIMENTS TO ZMA; NAS APCH; AND MIA APCH AND FLL TWR FOR THEIR CONCERN AND EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING AND ARRANGING ALTS NORMALLY NOT AVAILABLE.