"And Kuba is alive?" The mayor on policeman Artur Morański's first words after waking up

Artur Morański is a 27-year-old policeman from the village of Powroźnik in the Muszyna commune (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). He holds the rank of senior constable and has three years of experience in the police. During Saturday's action, he was shot twice by an attacker. His lung and hand were shot through. He underwent a 12-hour surgery.

"Do you know what Artur Morański's first words were moments after waking up, after a serious operation? 'And Kuba is alive?' Kuba is his partner in action," Jan Golba said on social media.

The mayor of Krakow, Łukasz Gibała, also commented on Artur Morański's condition in an interview with RMF FM, because the man is staying in one of the city hospitals. Gibała said that Morański was extubated and is receiving painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs. I'm optimistic. I would very much like - it is fortunately likely - that the number of victims would not increase, admitted Tomasz Terlikowski's interlocutor.

Injured in hospital Gabriel Narutowicz was visited by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The injured are under the care of the best doctors and all medical staff. I gave them words of support and wished them a speedy recovery. I thanked the policeman for his incredible dedication, because we are aware that the decisive actions of both officers saved us from an even greater tragedy - noted the head of the Ministry of National Defense.

Artur Morański will be honored

Mayor Jan Golba announced that the officer would be honored. He will certainly be honored in an appropriate way, but I would not like to predict at this point how. He is one of us, from our small community, who was educated and grew up in this area, and in Krakow he showed incredible courage - Jan Golba, the mayor of Muszyna, told PAP.

As he noted, the policeman's family asked, above all, to be able to stay with him peacefully and support him in the hospital. This is a difficult moment for the family. We don't want to react hastily or interfere with all this. Of course, we will honor him, but with some time distance, added the local government official.

The mayor emphasized that Morański is strongly connected with the Muszyna commune. For five years he played football in the local team in Powroźnik. For many years he was also a lector in the local church.

He is a quiet, unobtrusive boy. Everyone says that he is an incredibly solid person. Everything he did, he did with great commitment and passion, whether it was football or church activities, Golba said.

Earlier, the Mayor of Krakow Łukasz Gibała announced that he had asked to urgently award the title of Honorary Citizen of the Capital City of the Royal City of Krakow to two policemen - Artur Morański and Jakub Kulik, who neutralized the perpetrator of Saturday's attack in the center of Krakow.