By Mary Murray, NBC NewsI'm always amazed at how fast rumors swim down the Florida Straits but it's sure hard getting news to go upstream.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121022-fidel-castro-02.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Cubadebate / Handout / EPAA handout picture provided by Cubadebate on Oct. 22, 2012, shows former Cuban President Fidel Castro walking in a garden on Oct. 19. A week ago, I had barely cleared Cuban immigration and had just stepped into the terminal to grab my luggage when three Jose Marti airport skycaps jumped on me with questions about Fidel Castro's state of health.
They said everyone getting off the Miami flights told the same story -- that Castro lay on his deathbed and the only people left in the dark were Cubans living on the island and getting their news from state-run media.
Over the next week, I would be asked the same questions at least a hundred times. "Is Fidel dead? Did Fidel suffer a massive stroke? Is he just hanging on by life support?"
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