famous since the baggage handler fell asleep in an alaska airlines cargo hold. tried calling 911. you re where? inside a plane. i feel like it is moving in a hair. reporter: it wasn t just the luggage that was heavy. it was his eyees. i was exhausted. when i first started the job we we took snaps. reporter: on the job napping from subway clerks to cops. it was for his money reporter: an occupational hazard. even this 911 dispatcher could be heard snoring. second after answering a call from a woman whose husband was unconscious. yes. reporter: politicians are always nabbed nap ppg from dick cheney to president reagan feet from the pope. but come on. who eye mong us hasn t fallen