The father of a 15-year-old Somali boy has arrived in Honolulu, where his son is in a hospital after surviving a trip from California to Hawaii stowed away in the wheel well of a jet, Hawaii officials on
Tuesday.
The boy sneaked into the wheel compartment of a Boeing 767 that took
off earlier this month from San Jose International Airport. He became
one of only a fraction of stowaways to emerge alive after braving
freezing temperatures and low oxygen levels.
He told investigators he wanted to go to Africa to see his mother, according to CNN.
Kayla Rosenfeld, a spokeswoman for Hawaii's Department of Human
Services, said in a statement the boy's father arrived in Honolulu,
though she declined to release additional information, citing privacy
concerns. It was unclear if or when the Department of Human Services
would release the teenager to his father.
The teen has been in a Hawaii hospital in the protective custody of
child welfare authorities, Rosenfeld has said. The boy's father, of
Santa Clara, has told Voice of America's Somali service that the family
expected that the boy would soon be returned home to California.
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