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Erin burnett. Outfront tonight, two major plane stories were following at this hour, the mystery of how a teen flew more than 2,300 miles from san jose, california, to maui in the landing gear of a boeing 767. Well see how he did this. It was 80 degrees below zero. First, the details in the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Were awaiting the bluefin21 underwater search drone to finish its mission. That should happen any moment now and well find out did it find the plane . Tonight, though, some are worried, telling cnn while they are talking about if the plane is not found. Searchers have been focusing their efforts in one place, a tenkilometer radius around where they heard the second ping that they think came from one of flight 370s black boxes. So far theyve completed searching about twothirds of that area. After a week of hunting, they found absolutely nada. Its far from the only place theyve spent time searching. Weve shown you this. The search area in the indian ocean searching on a daily basis. Authorities started searching march 18th, absolutely nothing anywhere. Miguel perez is in perth tonight. Miguel, what are officials telling you what they are going to do if we find out they saw nothing again, what are they going to do . Reporter well, they are going to reassess exactly what they are doing here. That ninth mission, its 115 square miles, tenkilometer radius circle they are searching right now. The best hopes around that second ping that they got. It was the clearest signal that they believe came from that downed airliner, and they believe that it is in that area. Theyll probably get through most, if not all, of that area very, very soon in the next couple of days. If they dont come up with anything, they are going to have to figure out whether or not they are going to search another area using the bluefin21 or reassess altogether. We understand the u. S. Navy has discussions started about longterm search and recovery efforts. That may include even more resources, perhaps bringing ships back, resupplying everything and sending them back out in a much bigger way and with other equipment that would allow them to take a picture of the ocean bottom there in a much larger way, erin . Miguel, thank you very much. And i want to bring in now richard quest, who joins me from kuala lumpur, where, of course, its tomorrow morning. Richard, more than twothirds of this area they thought was the most promising has been searched, but they found absolutely nothing. Now you have the typhoon about to come through the area. We could be socked when we get the update maybe the bluefin found something, but it hasnt found anything before. If it doesnt, whats next . Whats plan b . Plan b is to regroup and to rethink the strategy of where they are looking, the resources and assets that they need. It does not mean, erin, to be clear, going back to square one necessarily and throwing out the inmarsat handshakes and all the pings. It does not mean discounting everything thats been done before. What it means is taking a cold, calculating look at the data and saying, can they refine it further, do they need more assets, and how much longer is it likely to take to do a more detailed search . Because if you just get rid of the pings and if you get rid of the inmarsat and all of that, you really have nothing, because that is what everything has been based upon, erin. Arthur, to richards point, just because they may reassess does not mean going back to square zero. These families, though, have said theres other theories, this plane could have been hijacked to somewhere else, somewhere in afghanistan. These are the theories and the families who say they want answers to. I mean, is that just completely outside the realm of possibility at this time . Thats certainly what authorities say. Well, just to add to richards statement, as much as it pains me to say, i do agree you hate to agree with richard until hes on the other side of the planet. Okay. Were going to refine the data and also that the inmarsat, the radar, the performance capability, the airplane, all coalesced in the same area. So i have a high degree of confidence that were in this right general location, but not necessarily the right specific location. Now just to answer your question, the families, obviously, want to know what happened, how it happened, why it happened, motive. Motive is the hardest thing to figure out in this accident sequence, but what i can offer up to these people is, human behavior, what people do, is motivated by internal and personal things. You can glean what people are thinking and motive from what they did, and we know what happened with this airplane from the time that it took off, we have 107, the system we dont know what happened to it, though. Aikars got turned off, we know that. Final communication, good night malaysia. We know it climbed to 39,000 feet. We know it descended, all these things. We knew it flew around the tip of indonesia and headed south. These are intentional, deliberate acts in my view and smack of motive. Marilyn, let me ask you this point. Of course, there are people that say inmarsat, yes, indicated it went south, but theres a big arc where the plane could have been, which included a lot of points that are north. Mary, when you take into account everything weve heard, including some of the new information that we have, which is the plane after the turn went up to 39,000 feet within its safe operating range and went down to 4,000 feet, which theoretically would have been able to avoid oncoming traffic, but possibly do you think could have been this whole thing could have been mechanical . Certainly, and what we dont know is much greater than what we do know, and by the way, all that altitude data is highly suspect. Remember, first of all, they had it wildly fluctuating from 45,000, down to skirting radar down skimming the surface, now its at 39,000, then we had the 5,000. Then we have it skirting ind knee is that, but indonesia didnt really see it, which is why indonesia concludes it skirted indonesia when indonesian radar is only on 12 hours a day. Anything were basing our calculations on the altitude is suspect. I think richards right. Weve got to go with the inmarsat data and the pings, because thats the best weve got, and i think its very important to exhaust the current search area, which probably means more than just a day or two, probably a week or two, to finish all the ping search areas so then they can say, weve exhausted that. Now its time to rethink. But i think that altitude data and whatever happened from the turn until over past indonesia is suspect. And richard, should they bring in more assets at work . Air france 447, right, crashed off brazil, never had a ping, but had debris. It still took them years to actually find that plane, but they had three underwater drones working 24 hours a day. This particular search could end up being the most expensive and extensive in human history. Why not put more assets on it right now to try to find it quickly and minimize the costs . Because those assets may not be available at the moment. They may have to be brought in. Remember one important point, when ocean shield set sail from perth several weeks ago, it was done in a hurry. What was available, the bluefin was flown down from the united states, what else could they get in place . It is only with the luxury of time, refinancing, reconsideration, that you decide are you going to use auvs, autonomous vehicles, or are you going to use remoteoperated vehicles, those are the sort of issues they are going to use. And incidentally, at some point you and i, erin, do need to consider the various questions that the families, the detailed questions that the families are asking at the moment and what is behind these questions and what they feel they are not being told. All right. Well, thanks very much to all of you. And richards going to be in kuala lumpur talking to those families, reporting on that. Were going to have a series of special reports as he continues that reporting outfront. Next, though, the teenager who flew from california to maui in the landing gear of a jumbo jet. Think about that 35,000, 40,000 feet with no air and minus zero temperatures. How did he survive . Were going to show you exactly how. Plus, a massive new raid on al qaeda days after cnn airs video of a top meeting. And america wins, Boston Marathon, emotional finish for a city coming back. Norfolk southern whats your function . 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Officials say its a miracle, and tonight were learning he is still in the custody of Child Welfare services in hawaii. Brian todd is out front. Reporter the ground crew noticed him wandering the tarmac in maui disoriented. Fbi special agent tom simon says this 16yearold boy claims to have ridden to maui in a wheel well all the way from san jose, california. The airport spokeswoman in san jose says hes a very lucky boy today. Reporter the teenager was seen hopping the fence at the san jose airport and walking across the tarmac toward the Hawaiian Airlines plane. The maui airport has footage of him crawling out of a wheel well. We went into a wheel well of a 707, but security expert raffi juan showed how he could have wedged in. The center area could have been key. The setup here in the 707, this area here is probably the best location for him at this time, because that is where the space between the wheels would later on be positioned and that ensures that there would be slightly enough space for him to survive. Then he can improve his position once the gear is in. Reporter experts say if he did successfully stowaway, its almost miraculous. The wheel wells arent heated or pressurized, they say, at a cruising altitude of 38,000 feet, the cold air could have killed him. At that height, you have temperatures of around minus 45 to minus 55 degrees c. Skin freezes almost instantaneously around 45 degrees. Reporter a loss of oxygen could have killed him, unless his metabolism slowed enough. The lack of security in san jose is also being questioned in this case. The boy took advantage of a gap in the system. Right now, many of our airports are not protecting the perimeter well enough to prevent an incident like this one. Reporter the airport spokeswoman in san jose says that airport exceeds all security requirements. The tsa is assisting the airport in the investigation. The young man would have beaten pretty long odds. According to the faa, since 1947, 105 people around the world have attempted to stowaway in the wheel wells of planes and 80 of them have died. Erin . Brian, thank you. This is incredible when you think about this, that the chances. Im joined now, flown over 13,000 hours in a boeing 767. Youre sitting here saying this is incredible. He was shown a 707, which is a smaller jet, but for this to happen, it would be an even smaller space in the landing gear . Well, relatively a more modern airplane. Im flabbergasted. Number one, he got through the cyclone fence. How did that happen . Then he gets to the airport. I understand that it was dark, but still, theres a lot of activity around the airplane, he gets up in the wheel well and doesnt attract attention. Now youve got this airplane, the 76 is a little more airtight. I shouldnt use the word airtight, but more tighter than a 707, which is an ancient, ancient jet. He gets in there, he had to be in the right position, thats 3,000 pounds approximately of per square inch of hydraulic pressure that goes into that wheel well. That comes up, he had to be in the right spot, otherwise he would have been crushed like a bug. Essentially miraculous is the right word to use. 3,000 pounds of landing gear had to skate by him. What happened when the gear came down . If the poor young man was unconscious, thats what happened with a 767 some sort of a ledge or Something Holding him in there. Gear doors hold the gear up. Shoots you out. Well, he had to be in the right spot if he was unconscious in order not to drop out of that airplane. And you have to assume some of the reporting weve done today, you know, the body can kind of go into the metabolism would slow quickly in some sort of a hibernation mode for this to even happen, although youre saying there is some, quote, unquote, warmth. The gear itself in the cargo compartments are heated. Yeah, i guess its possible. None of us as pilots would conceive of attempting to do anything like that, of course, but the whole thing and i read these reports and i just couldnt believe that the security cameras caught them both in san jose and in maui. They Just Announced at this moment they are not going to file charges. Everyone can see the breaking news on the screen. The issue here is much more about an airport that would allow you to run on to the tarmac and climb into a plane, the issue seems to be there. But youre saying this is there would be no other source of oxygen or anything from your knowledge in the wheel well. Explosive depressurization situation, seconds for the mask to come on. Maybe system slowly shut down. Look at this, youre looking at 38,000 feet, you know, almost 10,000 feet above mt. Everest. 38,000 feet was the altitude i heard. Its incredible. Stunning. Im flabbergasted. Thank you very much. It is the most incredible story today. Ahead, a major raid on al qaeda just days after you saw here on this show new video of the terror Group Meeting that cnn obtained exclusively. Did this raid take out one of the groups most wanted leaders . And desperate search going on right now for a miracle for a survivor of the ferry accident. Did you get my email . [ man ] i did. So, whatd you think of the house . Did you see the School Rating . Oh, youre right. Hey, babe, i got to go. Bye, daddy. Have a good day at school, okay . [ man ] but what about when my parents visit . Okay. Just love this one. Its next to a park. [ man ] i love it. I love it, too. Heres your new house. 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Is there any connection to the video, 60 or so odd militant leaders and now look like they are being taken out. Timing is certainly interesting, but no u. S. Officials are going to make that connection. The fact is, to allocate these resources, multiple u. S. Drone strikes and ground forces, you would need significant intelligence, youd need significant reason to do that. In fact, the rules are very specific. To target someone, they have to know this person is not just a militant, but a direct threat to the u. S. They have to have all that. That said, that video may have ginn you some intelligence about the location of where these folks were meeting, and we do know at least one of these raids thats taken place over the last 48, 72 hours was in that same area, the same province where this video was believed to be taken. So there are Big Questions about, you know, we talk about a lot of militants being taken out, but what about the bomb maker whos supposed to be the most prolisk and talented bomb maker in all of al qaeda . Do we have any idea of how important some of these individuals are that they have taken out, or do we not know . They are saying they have killed 65 al qaeda or al qaedatied militants, that 25 of them are mid to high ranking. Of course, its up to them to define what makes a midranking leader. We dont have any information now its someone as high ranking as al serie. He was believed to be one of the targets and you have an indication the targets were considered high value because youve thrown so much at them, but no information yet that he was killed in the strike or struck. And usually it does take a number of days to prove the identities of anybody struck because you have to go down, gather dna evidence, theres a whole process there. We might not know for some time. 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Seven crew members arrested, including the captain. Kyung lah, youre where the search is happening. I know a lot of search boats are around you, cranes trying to lift that boat. What progress are they making, if any . Reporter well, lets give you a look of what it actually does look like right now. This is a 24hour operation, and just scan the horizon here, erin, and you can see that there are dozens upon dozens of boats. You mentioned the crane, there it is, there are all kinds of search vessels here, and thats the focus, this area right to the center that youre looking at. This is where the sunken ferry, its below the water, we cannot see it, but they are building these search lines, getting into the hull of the sunken ferry to see if there is any way they can find any survivors. Our ship is listing and may fall. Recordings reveal the frantic shiptoshore communications as the ferry filled with 476 people, most of them students, begins to list and take on water. At 9 10, dtf, the center that monitors ship traffic asks, how are the passengers doing . The ferry replies, its too listed and they are not able to move. 15 minutes later, panic sets in. The ship radios if passengers escape, can they be immediately rescued . Patrol ships should arrive in ten minutes. Ten minutes . Yes, ten minutes. Ten minutes. The chaos and confusion all add up to an unthinkable crime, according to the president of south korea. At actions of some of the crew are unacceptable, unforgivable actions akin to murder. The captain, who is facing five criminal charges, spoke about safety four years ago in a promotional video. As long as you follow the orders of our crew members, he says, traveling by ship is safer than any other means of transport. Now, that very captain faces tough questions about the orders he gave as his ship quickly sank. I gave orders to evacuate, he says, but that was after he told them to wait because rescue boats had not arrived yet. Most of those who obeyed are still missing, trapped inside the sunken ferry, and with each passing hour, the likelihood of a survivor being found fades, it is a reality that weighs heavily on the divers. We try every day in search of the missing people, says a volunteer. So far they have only recovered bodies, one by one, they are brought ashore. They are 15, 16, and 17yearold students, parents, and children. A national tragedy. And for the families, a grueling wait for answers. Its so horrible, kyung, all the life boats, had enough life boats for 20 times the people on the ferry and only one was deployed. How are the divers holding up as they are trying to go in . They must feel the whole weight of finding a survivor is on them. Reporter they do, certainly, feel it. And each one of them has a sense of personal responsibility. They want to try to find survivors. When you ask them, you know, the facts are that there probably arent that many. They say, we have to believe that there is an air pocket, and look at all these assets. You jump on to any of these boats and talk to these people, theyll tell you the same thing, we have to believe theres an air pocket, because most of the people out here on water, getting into this water, cannot fathom the idea of so many Young Children being dead. Kyung lah, thank you very much for reporting live from the waters next to where that ship is under water. Outfront now, Naval Training supervisor for rescue swimmers who has been in this situation before. What are the conditions that they are facing as they are trying to go into a ship with all kinds of wires and doors and objects . Well, erin, when youre dealing with not only the darkness, but youre also dealing with some of the sediment, i believe, in the past week or so theyve had some terrible currents drawing through so theyve had to call off the search a bit. Not only is it dark, but theres a lot of sediment and stuff getting moved around. Its almost like a sand cloud where you cant see your hand right in front of your face. The divers are experiencing darkness and sediment and its making it very tough to figure out where they are going. So, thad, let me ask you, how far can the divers go into the ship before its no longer safe . They are desperately looking for some sort of an air pocket, but do you think they are able to get into the entire ship, or are they restricted to certain areas . I think they are trying the best they can currently. You know, a ships built so the hull stays intact, so now its on its side, it changes the ball game regarding where they can or cant go. Thats the kind of limitation they are facing, but i know they are trying as best as possible, you know, we talked about its their personal responsibility to find as many survivors as they can, currently, so i dont want to say they are restricted right now other than the hull being on its side, but they are finding ways to get in places they probably didnt think they could. What other tools could they use . Everyones praying for an air pocket. They are having difficulty getting air pumped into the ship. They are also saying any way with a crane they could try to lift it . Do you think they are doing everything they can do, or do you see some avenue they could pursue that might result in a miracle here . Im sure they are exhausting all possibilities. This is a catastrophic event and we feel deeply for the families. The problem with moving the ship you dont know if youll make the conditions worse or not. They need to assess the condition of the hull and very, very carefully, and im sure theres a salvage team deciding how it should be lifted. Do you think its possible at this point there could be survivors, or are we looking at a situation even if there were air pockets, the air would be exhausted at this point . Well, its a function how big the compartment was and how much air is in it. Sooner or later youll run out of air, issues with temperatures of the water would limit survivability, in my view. Its interesting, we talked to a navy s. E. A. L. Telling me, look, as long as the water goes below your core, below your waist, you could survive days of this water. Really once it goes over your core you could have a problem. People out there say theres no chance, there could be a chance depending on the water level, but youve been in these situations. How difficult is it to get someone out from a capsized ship, so if you find someone whos alived, how do you get into that space, get them out, given its underwater . Well, the first thing you have to consider is are they ambulatory, able to walk, or seriously injured . My guess is they could be seriously injured, so now youre trying to not make their injury worse, so thats a big consideration trying to get somebody out. Its not easy. Stretchers, divers are trying to make sure the person is comfortable and has enough oxygen. Youre using a ton of resources to get these survivors out of the water, so theres a lot of things it can do, but its not easy to get a survivor out, especially if they are injured. Admiral, i would imagine getting one person out, given this is underwater and youre going to have to go from an area with air into the water out through the ship and up, that would be incredibly challenging in and of itself, right . Extraordinarily difficult and challenging given the visibility and the currents and the dive conditions that have been previously noted. This is really, really a hard thing to do. So, alan, let me ask you, do you think its possible there are still survivors . Its not that its possible, i believe that it is possible, you know, i was a rescue swimmer in the navy and we fight to try and make sure that persons alive, even if were told the likely chance isnt. Just like the divers, they feel connected to those people, their sons and daughters down there and they are trying the best they can. I believe there is a possibility theres still people down there. Admiral, how much time do you think we have left, given you both think there are survivors, how much time. Well, its dwindling and there might not be any time left. Its getting very, very critical. All right. Thanks very much to both of you. We appreciate it. 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Major seven mile per hour this way or this way, and unless you know whether or not you have flat tide going to high or going to low, you may not know the direction of the current. This is a funnel. Youre washing your car, have a hose, put your thumb on the end of the hose, thats what we have here. Heres where the channel for main ships should be, but put your thumb on the hose is right through there and thats where they were. That is 6. 6 knots, do the multiplication, thats over 7 Miles Per Hour that direction and that direction. Now its not a difficult channel. Its been used for years and years and years, and we dont even think theres anything shallow enough because its been used for so many years to cause any obstruction here. Even some of the noaa charts say rocks, but were talking 100 feet below the surface. Thats incredible. Were going to be talking to a captain in a moment thats actually sailed through here before, but why is it such a popular cutthroat . The main way would be to go around, right . Heres where they have to go, jeju island and that is the shortcut. Fuel is expensive, time is expensive. Youre looking at they were going 16 to 17 knots here, almost 20 Miles Per Hour, and if you take another route to the south, that would have taken you almost 40 miles out of the way, burned a lot more fuel and time and this would have been probably a significantly different event, but this is the route that they go. This is the route right through here, its down through here, heres where they rolled over and actually the boat continued to kind of drift in the current on up to here, where the Current Location is right there, and thats where the rescue and recovery is going on right now. This is going to go for awhile. We know about the currents, talked about the currents with the divers being in them six to seven Miles Per Hour one way or the other, and thats what you have in this treacherous, treacherous channel. Thanks very much to you, chad. Willi William Dougherty joins me. You know what chads talking about when hes talking about the current going one way, then the other. What do you think about how this ship was sailing and the fact there was a 26yearold third mate at the helm . The age wouldnt be as important to me as the experience. It appears she had very little experience, particularly in that waterway. Obviously, you know, i would make a decision to go through that waterway after taking a look at what the benefits were, what the risks were. Its not the most hazardous, but its definitely one that requires skill. So you wouldnt have let a third mate, even though this is a popular cutthroat, you wouldnt have let her on the bridge by herself . She would have been on the bridge. That was her normal duty hours, but what we call bridge Resource Management, the existing circumstances and conditions raises the level of awareness in the number of people in the navigation team, namely myself. Theres no way i could see i wouldnt have been on the bridge. I may or may not have left her at what we call the corn, but i would have been there to look over her and to immediately make any corrections. So is this water incredibly dangerous . As chad was saying, there was people very commonly use this cutthroat because it saves you 40 miles. We have waterways like that all over the world. We cant bypass all of them. The currents in here would be similar to going between sicily and italy, you know, if you go around, the expense and the time would be excessive, so you raise your bridge Resource Management level to the highest level, meaning the captain would be on the bridge, i might even have an extra officer on the bridge to look at radar plotting. Him being in his cabin asleep or something is not protocol . I couldnt see myself in the cabin in those waters. And what about this issue of the life boats that we were talking about, just a couple probably deployed. When the ship first went down, you saw all these life boats and people who are ship had 47 inflatable life rafts. 47. 47, and two were deployed. The number is important, because that means that the life rafts werent that large. They could have been deployed by one or two crew members, inflated and passengers embarked. It wasnt a difficult situation. What appears to have happened is that the crew and the master failed to carry out their emergency procedures. We have a station bill. Everyone on the ship as a emergency station for various emergencies, fire, abandon ship, man overboard, and and so it sounds like from what youre saying, i know theres a lot of questions about what happened, that at least the the alarm would have had to be raised. You cant raise that from a lifeboat. You cant raise it from shore. And the passenger should have been mustard and given honest information. If there were lifeboats we wouldnt be talking about this now. Right. Thank you very much. I want to check with Anderson Cooper whats coming up on ac360. Rescue has turned to recovery off the coast of south korea. Have the latest efforts on water and land where more crew members have been arrested and the captain could spend life behind bars. Tonight other deadly accidents where captains have done their duty. Sometimes going down with the ship. Randy kay has that story. A miracle above the pacific, this 16yearold stowed away in a wheel well on a flight from california to hawaii and somehow he survived. He put himself a 767 wheel well and the doctor studied how the body reacts to extreme temperatures and why the teen perhaps lived. All right. Unbelievable. Thanks, anderson. Now to a story weve been following out of nigeria. 200 school girls are being held captive. They burnt people in masks own church, shot people point blank and tonight the government sunday fire after first saying the girls were free and oh, i guess thats not true. Were out front in nigeria. Reporter the principal of the governments secondary school said after reviewing the registry and consulting with parents 230 girms were abducted from their dorm monday evening by boko haram militants. Everything is being done to find these girls it will prove to be very difficult. The area where the girls are held are near the border with cameroon. This dangerous region is a boko haram stronghold. All out offensive on a defensive heavily guarded position could lead to high casualties on both sides. A man claiming to be the leader, in the reporting the man claims responsibility for attack on a crowded bus station april 14th that killed more than 70 people. Boko haram one of the most violent militant groups around the world been stepping up its attacks. Burning people in churches and mosques is par for the course. The Boston Marathon was today, and it had a pretty incredible outcome. An american tonight won the race for the first time in three decades. Hey. Im ted and this is rudy. 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These people cant wait to get going. The iconic race is being held under tight security. From the minute we got off the bus, a palpable energy. Were claiming the sport back from what happened last year. With the first wave right on their heels the elite men take off. So many things different about this years Boston Marathon. Emotions. Memories. Heartache. Hope. Last year i was on the ground at the finish line. This year ill be running across. One of the great things about today is it felt so normal. The terrorists did not do what they intended because boston strong and will remain strong. It was important to come back this year and be part of reclaiming the street. Shes got it. The fastest woman to ever run. Were trying to prove boston is strong. An american will win the Boston Marathon. Yes. He will. Meb, pretty incredible day. Watch cnns special today, back to boston at 10 00 eastern. Tomorrow, i want to tell you about a programming note here outfront. We have more on the mist of flight 370. If the wreckage is found could passengers cell phone videos and messages could they be found and retrieved . We spent the past few weeks on this with an investigation and show you what we found, whether the messages can be retrieved, whether well know what those people were thinking and feeling. Whether they were alive and what they wanted to say to their loved ones. Those phones could have been at the bottom of the ocean for week and well complain how we can replicate that and show you what could be on them. Thank you for joining us. As always ill see you back here same time tomorrow night. Anderson cooper 360 begins right now. 8 00 p. M. Here in new york. 9 00 a. M. In south korea where theres breaking news in the ferry sink. An apology. Judging by the grim events and more crew members arrested its hard to imagine anyone is in a forgiving mood. All hopes were riding on the bluefin bluefin21. Fading hopes it will succeed. What if it doesnt. What then . Plus the ambulance ride was the easiest part of this 16yearolds trip. He apparently spent the night from san jose to hawaii inside the wheel well of a boeing 767 in subzero temperatures with so little oxygen most people cant survive three minutes. The question is how on earth did he survive a trip across the Pacific Ocean at altitudes that reached 38,000 feet. Is that even possible . Theres that minor miracle. Tonight we begin with break news out of south korea. An apology issued moments ago from the operator of the ferry that now