Former Rare Staff
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz brought his own golden escalator with him to a historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but his grand entrance quickly became anything but when the escalator broke as he was descending.
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But the moment turned quite entertaining when he spent nearly 30 seconds standing in the same spot.
Saudi Arabia king's golden escalator stairs got stuck coming out of his airplane into Moscow in Russia yesterday. https://t.co/xGKYtSvEUs
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) October 5, 2017
People were worried, not sure if he’d make it.
https://twitter.com/rezamarashi/status/915948674705915904
Saudi King seemingly paralyzed when his plane's escalators stop working. pic.twitter.com/S7A20KKBp1
— Natasha Fatah (@NatashaFatah) October 6, 2017
Saudi King’s golden airplane escalator got stuck in Russia. The poor guy had to walk.
Howling 😭https://t.co/cpjM7VHYLY
— Gissur Simonarson 🇮🇸🇺🇦🏴 (@GissiSim) October 5, 2017
Others offered up a nifty life hack for the situation (which he would eventually use).
"I like escalators because they can never break: they can only become stairs."
— Mitch Hedberg— Unholy Moses (@UnholyMoses) October 5, 2017
Others made jokes at the escalator’s expense.
https://twitter.com/STEVEL11361/status/916303973975494656
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