Yahya Abdi , 15 , recounts his death - defying experience hiding in a plane wheel well . He remembers seeing the ocean on his flight from California to Hawaii . He randomly boards a plane heading west in an attempt to see his family in California . `` I would tell her to live with me in America , '' he said . He advises others not to repeat his stunt because ` ` they will end up dying ''
Yahya Abdi , 15 , recounts his death - defying experience hiding in a plane wheel well . He remembers seeing the ocean on his flight from California to Hawaii . He randomly boards a plane heading west in an attempt to see his family in California . He advises others not to repeat his stunt because ` ` they will end up dying ''