welcome back. i m brooke baldwin. it is beyond lucky that this teen aged stow away didn t get what he wanted. he was aiming for much farther than hawaii. take a look at this picture we have for you today. this is the actual wheel well where the 15-year-old stowed away all the way from california to maui. he risked his life in a cramped space. and finally the answer to the question, why. he wanted to see his mother there in moll ya. hoping to go all the way to somalia in a plane to see mom. he is now in a hospital recovering and he is in much better shape than a stow away who was found back in 2000. remember this story? he survived a flight that was
typhoon in the search area. we ll have the very latest on this. after so much grim news for so long let s begin with a story that just might be some kind of aviation miracle. a 16-year-old stow away who hitchhiked from california to maui in the wheel well of a 767 and somehow lived to talk about it. according to officials he got into an argument with his folks, ran away from home, jumped the fence at the san jose airport, climbed into that wheel well of a hawaiian air jet bound for maui and five hours later surveillance video shows him climbing out and walking on hawaiian tarmac. having somehow escaped hypothermia and hydraulics that could have smashed him like a bug. let s talk about this story, our medical director at the university of colorado and mary schiavo our friend from the d.o.t. who represents victims of transportation accidents as an attorney now.
do have surveillance video, and that video is showing that the teen actually jumped the fence at san jose s airport, and he winds up crawling away from the plane in maui. hmm. no clear winner yet in afghanistan s presidential election, with about half of the ballots counted. former foreign minister abdullah abdullah is in the lead, but he needs to reach 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff, growing more likely with other candidates getting 30% plus. final results are expected to be announced on thursday. so, nepal is now warning that it could cut off expeditions to the top of mt. everest for the rest of this year. of course, this decision could come after this avalanche that killed at least 13 sherpa guides on the mountain. three others are still missing. now, a lot of those guides say the work is too dangerous for the small amount they re paid, and they re threatening a strike. an american adventurer, jobi agwin, has canceled his wing suit jump on the mountain slated for next month.
story. after all, there is very little oxygen at that altitude, and the air is almost frozen. but officials say they have surveillance video showing the teen jumping a fence at san jose s airport and crawling away from the plane in maui. no clear winner yet in afghanistan s presidential election, with about half of the ballots counted. former foreign minister abdullah abdullah is in the lead, but he needs to reach 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff, growing more likely with other candidates getting 30%-plus. final results are expected to be announced thursday. nepal is warning it could cut off expeditions to the top of mt. everest for the rest of the year after an avalanche killed at least 13 sherpa guides on the mountain. three others are still missing. many of those guides say the work is too dangerous for the small amount they re paid and they re threatening a strike. an american adventurer, jobi ogwin has now canceled his wing suit jump on the mountain slated
1-kilometer walk all himself. he finished it in great condition. and kevin white, the son, who is running his first marathon today and will start just behind me in a few hours, has already signed up for his second marathon in chicago. as i said, they re looking at today as a reawakening. kevin texted me overnight. he says, today is the day that tears of pain will be replaced by tears of joy. wow. a wonderful day here at the boston marathon. now let s go back to alison and victor in new york. the entire family. it s just amazing how powerful. and it really puts everything into perspective, when you think about your own problems. listen to what they re saying. especially bill at 71 back on his feet. getting up and doing it again. all right, john. thank you very much. here s a story people will be talking about all day. breaking overnight, this 16-year-old boy is recovering this morning after apparently stowing away in the wheel well of a hawaiian airlines flight, making