JTG MINI: The Man Who Lived In An Airport For 18 Years | Mehran Karimi Nasseri
In the movie The Terminal, Tom Hanks plays a man who is forced to live in an airport for 9 months after his passport is declared invalid. Most people know that The Terminal was based on a true story, but they don't know that in real life, Mehran Karimi Nasseri wasn't stuck at the airport for 9 months. He ended up living there for 18 YEARS. He entered the international terminal of Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1988, and didn't leave until 2006, all because he didn't have a valid passport.
Getting by with gifts from airline staff and travellers, 'Sir Alfred' used two benches as a bed, washed in…
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