9-year-old Runaway gets through Airport Security and flies to Texas

Wed, 01/17/2007 - 09:25 — editor

A 9-year-old boy trying to get to his grandfather in Texas stole a car in his suburban Tacoma and than flew to San Antonio without a ticket, reported The Seattle Times.

Semaj Booker is just a kid less than 5 feet and 80 pounds, but he easily outsmarted Southwest Airlines and the Federal Transportation Security Administration.

Illustration: Bloodless

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Tue, 01/23/2007 - 03:45 — Nemo (not verified)

Stealing cars, sneaking on

Stealing cars, sneaking on planes, running away from cops... I was never this exciting when I was 9...

Tue, 01/23/2007 - 03:50 — robinsonsam (not verified)

Playstation

They say he's got those skills from playing the Playstation. Imagine what he'd learn if he had a Wii :)

Tue, 01/23/2007 - 04:04 — Rakki (not verified)

Good old days...

Damn, in the good old days people went cross-country on the top of trains..... now even kids age 9 know how to fly!