Started by Fern Achterberg (@filmgrain_fern) ·
a man lived in Terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle for 18 years
From 1988 to 2006 he lived in the departure lounge after being stranded without valid documents, and stayed even after he was granted residency. His story inspired The Terminal. He went back to the airport in 2022 and died there two months later.
5 sources · 25 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “man who lived in airport for years”
- Ended at
- Statelessness
The Trail
- “man who lived in airport for years” (google.com)
- Mehran Karimi Nasseri (en.wikipedia.org)
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Terminal (en.wikipedia.org)
- Statelessness (en.wikipedia.org)
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