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Boy survives 3 hour ride hidden in jet wheel well
A 13 year old Colombian boy stowed away in the wheel well of a DC-8 cargo jet for a three hour flight from Bogota to Miami at 35000 feet. He survived freezing temperatures and lack of oxygen and was found unconscious when he tumbled from the plane. INS officials coordinated medical care and custody noting humanitarian concerns given his age.
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Miami
Caribbean
Guillermo Rosales
Bogota
Arca
Richard Ungerer
Rosales
Pan American Hospital
George Waldroup
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Waldroup
United States
Miguel Vera
Arca Air Cargo Company