[etlib]

“As Norm says, we spend billions of dollars inconveniencing the American public and making things safe – we think,” said Dicks' spokesman, George Behan. “Then a 9-year-old comes walking through.”

The kid is also smart enough to put blame on a sex offender living near him.

[TommyDale]

Just imagine a 9 year old Muslim boy with a bomb strapped to himself under his jacket.

[Theresawithanh]

Wow, what an amazing and scary tale! Kids these days, I tell yuh...

[Cicero]

Good grief. Stole a boarding pass, finagled two free airline flights, stole a car, led police on a 90 MPH chase, blew the engine, and he's only 9 years old?

What will he manage to accomplish when he's 18?

[I see my hands]

I really don't go for all the merriment on Southwest flights.

[LibKill]

Maybe he's really small for his age. That would make it easy for him to sneak aboard, hide in a crowd, etc.

[SIDENET]

Two flights and a car chase in a stolen car?

Can't wait until this one grows up.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Nobody thinks that a 9 year old is brazen enough to do something like this. If a kid that age shows up looking innocent and claims that he can't find his mom, people will fall all over themselves helping him get through the security and rigamarole. Islamics are not above using little kids for terrorism, so take note.

[AZLiberty]

This kids sounds like a genius. I hope he doesn't get "educated" into something useless by the public schools, or co-opted by gangs.

[A knight without armor]

This relatively short article has so many topics. Kid gets slips through the system, 90 mph car chase, afraid of verified sex offender, being held in "center for runaways in Bexar County" like that is a regular problem in Bexar County. James spelled backwards. I get the drift this kid's mother is a real kook to boot. Where did she think he was all this time? Did she report her child missing?

[lilylangtree]

TSA has got to be embarrassed over this won since they make all travelers jump through hoops just to get through security. This little guy just walks right through. Fire the TSA and save the govt some money.

[zerosix]

I should hope to heck, authorities are "wondering how boy got on two flights."

I, however, and millions of others, can hardly get on any flight without being treated as an escaped terrorist/child molester/serial killer, by the TSA.

I/we first remove shoes, belts, coats, jackets, jewelry (like felons getting checked into prison), put all of our belongings into plastic bins where they are XRayed, we get XRayed, then are subject to criminal investigations over whether we really needed eyelash curlers, etc. in our carry on luggage.

Our prescribed $12 eye drops, chap stick and pocket sized germ killer found on our persons, gets thrown away........ but a 9 year boarding two planes with false ID --- no problemo!!!

[luckystarmom]

This was before 911, but my grandmother got on the wrong flight from Beaumont, Texas and went to El Paso instead of Dallas.

Also, my old boyfriend took a wrong flight. He was supposed to go from Houston to Dallas, and instead he went from Houston to LA. By the time he got to Dallas, he was not a happy camper. I think it is one reasons he is my old boyfriend.

[Revolting cat!]

Semaj Booker is black. Your answer: Can you spell W-H-I-T-E G-U-I-L-T ?