A 16-year-old runaway hopped the security fence at San Jose airport in northern California, climbed into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines flight, and was found more than six hours later wandering around the tarmac at Maui's Kahului airport, the FBI said Sunday. The boy apparently ran away from home after a fight with his parents, according to the FBI. He has not been charged with a crime and is now in the custody of child protective services in Hawaii.
If you were going to run away, what would you do? Where would you go?
Im not really sure what I would do or where I would go. I would probably go wherever I could at the time and as far away as possible, then think back later and regret it while I think about how stupid the decision was.
I think it is amazing that he survived it. But I find it weird that he decided to climb into the wheel of the plane or how he even got the idea to do so. I wouldn't run away, that is a terrible idea.
Even after a fight with my parents I have never seriously thought about running away. I think it would be a terrible experience considering I have very little money. I would probably just go to a friends house until the situation boiled down. I can understand kids running away if they are abused but other than that it's pretty ridiculous.
If i were to run away i would probably just stay at a friends house for a while until i thought things over and calmed down. I wouldn't wanna run away somewhere far and be living on the streets.
If I were ever to run away I would probably go to a secluded nature area such as the Fullerton Arboretum. It would be a great place to clear my mind and relax, and then I would go back home.
Running away wouldn't necessarily be the best idea for me considering the fact that I'd be found and sent home immediately. I can understand a kid running away from an abusive home but one fight shouldn't be enough to push someone to be so drastic and hide in a wheel well on a plane in order to escape. That's too scary.
its cool he survived, that must have been one nasty fight with his parents if it ended up in him leaving his state, but if i were to run away id "borrow" a luxury jet and fly to south africa and live in cape town
I think that it is tough to judge this boy's decision to run away because no one knows what truly goes on in his home. This could have been the final fight that pushed him over the edge to leave. I applaud his creativity, however I feel for me it would be very unrealistic to run away. I have no money and it's very hard to go places without that! If I could runaway somewhere, I'd choose to go to a tropical location, perhaps Hawaii or Fiji. Perhaps I'd even bring a friend along!!
Well if I'm going that far then might as well go all out. First find a suitable plane. Then fly off to a deserted land mass, where I would clam it as my own. I would create my own flag for my new nation. my anthem would be called "all hail Chapstick". I would create a new language, English is too complicated. Soon people will hear about this amazing place I created and join my nation. I start creating a local village that has a good economy. Population rises along with popularity, and I soon create the next big party school, better than Cal State San Diego. Or maybe I should just go home, apologize to my parents like the kid in the story should have done.
If I was going to run away I would probably just stay at a friend's house for a period of time, although I would love to run off to a big city and I have no money so that couldn't possibly be successful.
