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Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:27 pm**

When I saw the trailer for this, I thought, "Bah, what a stupid concept!"

But holy shite, it REALLY happened to some guy:

The story of 'Sir Alfred', an Iranian man who lost his papers while in transit and lived in Charles de Gaulle airport for more than eleven years, occupied a significant, although decidedly eccentric, place in the global news media throughout the 1990s. 'Sir Alfred', whose real name is Merhan Karimi Nasseri, lived between the pizzeria and an electronics store in the airport's Terminal One, "his days punctuated by the rhythm of the flights", from 1988 until confirmation of his refugee status in 1999.

(http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/vol1no2....ng.html)

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:37 pm**

When I flew through Singapore, the pointed out a guy to me in the same situation. No idea if it was true, or the details of it.

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:48 pm**

11 years??? dizzamn

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:55 pm**

If he had or faked a heart attack wouldn't they have been forced to help him? Keep that in mind when it happens to you.

Posted: **Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:04 pm**

That guy is still living in the airport even though he got refugee status.

Welcome to Thunderdome

That new Tom Hanks movie about the airport guy