Dead Reckoning

Fisherman's Mission In Life Starts To Flounder

It's a matter of life and death. A Polish sailor who came back from a fishing trip to find he'd been declared dead has failed to convince bureaucrats he's still alive. Piotr Kucy, 37, said: "I stood there in front of them and said look, I'm alive, but they wouldn't accept it." He returned after a two-week fishing trip to find local authorities had declared him dead after wrongly identifying a body washed ashore. "Five months have passed since then and nothing. No response. I have to work, insure myself, but I can't because I'm still dead!"

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