"Is Cuba Still Alive?"

The first words spoken by the police officer wounded in Krakow after waking up from anesthesia.

Polish police officer Artur Moranski, who was seriously wounded during a shooting in downtown Kraków, asked about his partner Jakub Kulik as soon as he woke up from a medically induced coma following a complex surgery. “Is Kuba alive?”—according to Mushina Mayor Jan Golba, these were the first words the police officer asked upon waking up, reports TVN24.

Artur Moranski and his 24-year-old partner Jakub Kulik were among the officers who engaged an armed assailant during Saturday’s shooting in Kraków. Both officers sustained serious gunshot wounds.

Moranski sustained two gunshot wounds—to his arm and chest—and suffered lung damage. He subsequently underwent a 12-hour surgery. When the officer regained consciousness, he did not ask about his own condition.

“Do you know what Artur Moranski’s first words were a few moments after he woke up, following major surgery? ‘Is Kuba alive?’ Kuba is his partner from the operation,” wrote Jan Golba, the mayor of Muszyna.

According to Golba, this reaction speaks volumes about the officer’s character.

“He’s a calm person who doesn’t seek the spotlight. Everyone says he’s an incredibly reliable person,” the mayor said of Moranski.

Regarding the condition of the second injured officer, it was reported that Jakub Kulik had also come out of his medically induced coma. His condition remained serious but stable.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had previously spoken about the bravery of the two officers. According to him, the police officers likely saved many lives, disregarding the risk to their own.

“They likely saved the lives of many people, disregarding the risk of losing their own,” Tusk wrote, commenting on the officers’ actions.

The incident itself took place on November 7 in downtown Kraków. An armed man opened fire, after which police engaged him in a confrontation. Six people were killed in the attack, and several dozen more were injured. The attacker himself later died in the hospital.

The Polish public’s attention is now focused on the condition of the two young police officers. In Kraków, there is already discussion about awarding them for their actions during the attack. The city’s mayor Łukasz Gibala has also proposed granting Moranski and Kulik the title of honorary citizens of Kraków.

The story of Moranski’s first question upon waking up has resonated widely in Poland. After undergoing major surgery, his first concern was to find out if his partner was alive.

“Is Kuba alive?” he asked.

The answer to that question was yes.

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