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"Was Gabriel Byrne in the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey around the first week of January 2005?"

Gabriel Byrne (Brooklyn)

Not sure if I should have posted this under Missed Connections, but someone HAS to know the answer to this question:

Was Gabriel Byrne in the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey around the first week of January 2005?

Had a very bizarre incident where I was in the Ataturk Airport, awaiting a flight that wouldn’t be leaving for Frankfurt, Germany for another 3 hours or so. It was relatively early in the morning (3am-5am?), and there were very few people in the airport. I purchased an English language newspaper and sat down in a remote waiting area. Awhile later, a dark-haired gentleman wandered through the airport and chose to sit down right across from me, of all places in the entire airport. I made eye contact and nodded to acknowledge him, then went back to reading the paper. Since I was traveling alone, I didn’t want to be too chatty or overly friendly to a stranger, but every now and again I found this individual staring at me with a strange little smile, as if to say, “You know who I am, but you’re not sure…”

Eventually, his flight was called, and he parted ways with a gentle smile. To this day, I still don’t know if that was Gabriel Byrne sitting across from me. If that was him, I missed a chance to say hello to my favorite actor. Unfortunately, I’ll never know. Such is life, I suppose.

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