21 April 2014

Idiot for the day


Time has an article by David Stout about a dumb kid, lucky to be alive:
A sixteen-year-old hopped an airport fence after an argument with his family and squeezed into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines flight, emerging, confused but unharmed, some five hours later. Federal investigators and airline authorities are baffled he reportedly survived in the wheel well of a flight from San Jose, California, to Maui, in Hawai'i, on Sunday.
According to officials, the teenager had fled his home in Santa Clara, California after quarreling with his family, and jumped the fence at San Jose International Airport, where he slipped into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines flight bound for Maui, Hawai'i.
Despite the icy temperatures and dearth of oxygen, the boy survived the trip and was found wandering around the airport grounds in Maui more than five hours later when the aircraft landed.
“Kid’s lucky to be alive,” FBI spokesman Tom Simon told The Associated Press. “He was unconscious for the lion’s share of the flight.”
The teenager was later released to child-protective services. No criminal charges have been filed.
Rico says too bad he can't remember, but it'll make a great made-for-television movie...

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