It had gone for 10 to 12 years prior to anything being resolved. If you look for other people who've gone 10 and 12 years, I could find you numerous ones, so he would not be unique in that respect. But I think the unique part with him was the fact that any one of you looking at a man with that many ailments might be saying that surely, one of them must have come from Korea.
On October 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.