Stowaway boy’s refugee mom cries for son

By Elias Meseret

Published April 29, 2014 3:11am ET

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Stowaway boy’s refugee mom cries for son — SHEDDER REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia (AP) — The Somali woman lives in a stick hut covered by ragged blankets in this dusty refugee camp. It was here that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel on a perilous journey as a stowaway on a plane from California. Ubah Mohammed Abdule hasn’t seen her boy — who was […]

SHEDDER REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia (AP) — The Somali woman lives in a stick hut covered by ragged blankets in this dusty refugee camp. It was here that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel on a perilous journey as a stowaway on a plane from California.

Ubah Mohammed Abdule hasn’t seen her boy — who was hospitalized in Hawaii after landing there last week in the wheel well of a jetliner — for eight long years.

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