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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: flowers on June 18, 2014, 06:26:11 pm
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-teen-stowed-away-plane-opens-runaway-trip-article-1.1834230
The California teen who stowed away in the wheel well of a plane and amazingly survived a flight from San Jose to Hawaii is explaining why he made the dangerous runaway trip.
In April, Yahye Abdi, 15, hopped a fence at San Jose International Airport, dodged security on the tarmac, slipped into a plane heading to Maui and then braved frigid air temperatures on the 5-hour flight. Officials said he was lucky to have survived.
Abdi told his side of the story to San Francisco's KPIX 5 Tuesday.
The teen said he ran away from his Santa Clara home — where he lived with his dad — because he missed his Ethiopian mom.
"I only did it because I didn't want to live with my stepmom," he told the TV station. "I wanted to find my mom. I haven't seen her since I was young."