Aug 8, 2021

4 min read

The Man Who Lived in Paris Airport for 18 Years

Survival of the sleepiest

Originally published May 2021

The term “stuck” at the airport took on new meaning for me recently.

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, or “Sir Alfred” as he’s more commonly known as was stuck inside Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris from 1988 to 2006.

More from Isaiah McCall

NYC Comedian & Crypto Investor | Co-Founder at Yard Couch | mccallisaiah@gmail.com

Love podcasts or audiobooks? Learn on the go with our new app.

Try Knowable

Recommended from Medium

Birds and Beasts

The Unexpected Otter — Costa Rican honeymoon blog part 2

Adefunke Adeyemi

The Trip

K Enagonio

EXPLORING AN ABANDONED BOYS PRISON IN CHARLOTTE, NC

Amanda J. Mayer

So You Want to Move to the Country?

Visit Beautiful Italy

Venice in one day- enough time for all attractions?

Dennis Wu

Split into Two

Why I love seeing long, uneventful train journeys on YouTube

Sharga Morit

[7] 61–70.

Tom Capon

The Ultimate LGBTI Travel Bucket List for truly unique adventures

About Help Terms Privacy

The Man Who Lived in Paris Airport for 18 Years

Survival of the sleepiest

More from Isaiah McCall

Recommended from Medium

The Unexpected Otter — Costa Rican honeymoon blog part 2

The Trip

EXPLORING AN ABANDONED BOYS PRISON IN CHARLOTTE, NC

So You Want to Move to the Country?

Venice in one day- enough time for all attractions?

Why I love seeing long, uneventful train journeys on YouTube

[7] 61–70.

The Ultimate LGBTI Travel Bucket List for truly unique adventures

Get the Medium app

Isaiah McCall

More from Medium

Wordle and Pure Evil

Pandemic as a Portal to the Future: Four Deep Lessons from COVID that Go Beyond “We Screwed it Up”

Freakonomics, M.D. Kicks Off Two-Part Series On Taxes

Justin Trudeau Is Black Face Hitler According to Twitter