Earlier in the week a 15-year-old boy ran away from home by hopping a flight from California to Hawaii. Apparently, the teen jumped airport fences to eventually climb into the wheel well of a flight scheduled for Hawaii. The 5 1/2 hour flight, according to statistics, should have killed the kid, but “Allah protected my son,” says his father. There’s more to it. Check it out after the jump.
The father, Abdilahi Yusuf Abdi, identified his son to reporters as Yahya Abdi. According to law enforcement officials, the teen claimed to have argued with his family before he decided to run away. His goal was to make it back to Somalia, where his mother and grandparents still live.
When asked why Abdi would take such a risky trip, his father replied that “He did not receive education when he was in Africa. Since we came here he had learning challenges at school. He was not good at math and science and I think he had a lot of education problems bothering him.”
