Claim: A man has been living at a Paris airport since 1988.
Status: True.
Origins: Mehran Karimi Nasseri born 1942 in Masjed Soleiman, Iran, also known as Sir Alfred Mehran, is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 8 August 1988 until August 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment.
Nasseri was reportedly the inspiration behind the 2004 movie The Terminal.
Read more about him here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri&printable=yes
http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/airport.asp
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1298104,00.html
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