'Not giving up on my son': Father of 9-year-old stowaway speaks out [View all]

[Sunlei]

Source: NBC

The father of a 9-year-old boy who sneaked onto a flight to Las Vegas last week said his son had been a problem child for years – but said he couldn’t understand how the boy was able to board the flight.

“How can you let a 9-year-old sneak past security, get on the plane without anyone stopping him, questioning him or anything?” the boy’s father, who did not want to be identified, told Minneapolis radio station WCCO.
“We didn’t know our son went up to the airport, got past security check, got on the plane – we didn’t know that,” the father said. “We’re not mind readers.”

This was not the first time the boy had left the house without letting his parents know, but he usually ended up spending the night at a friend’s house.

According to the email from Moore, the boy stole a car just weeks before his solo flight to Vegas, leading to his arrest on “Highway 35,” the Star-Tribune said. The email also reportedly said the boy had alleged that his mother had been “stabbed and died,” and that the boy sometimes went to a waterpark and “waits until a large family is entering and joins them.”

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Very creative intelligent 9 year old! "The system" seems to be frustrated with him and his family. I hope they don't ruin their lives.