Disabled boy steals car, flies to CA

[mythbuster343]

BOCA RATON, Fla. - As far as anyone knew, Kenton Weaver didn't know how to drive a car and couldn't buy a plane ticket.

But before dawn, the 13-year-old with Asperger's Syndrome snatched his dad's Ford Explorer from their home in Boca Raton, drove it to the Fort Lauderdale Airport and hopped on a plane going to California.

full story:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30484696/

 

[MisterAnarchist]

I I read the title wondering how he got the car to fly.

 

[throwitinthetrash]

You could probably get a job overhyping titles for everything.
My thoughts were similar to Max's.

Edit: Asperger's doesn't exactly make him disabled, either.

 

[dmase]

Wow this sounds exactly like homeward bound... Kind of

They should have really said whether or not he had a mild form of the syndrome or not because i looked it up just to make sure i was right about which disease and yep clumsiness definitely a symptome.

 

[Clirck]

A pig cathed fire, free bacon day !

Nothing impressive in the story only that funny title.

 

[lolmeister]

wow

 

[Sevre]

Its still pretty impressive for a 13 year old.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

"Square, Down, L2, Up, L1, Circle, Up, X, Left."

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Not as impressive as I originally thought.

I imagined some kid with crutches beating down some dude and stealing his car.

Same except the kid was in a wheelchair.

 

[GodsOneMistake]

He was autistic right?

 

[A random person]

Aw, I was thinking the same thing Max was thinking. If the child were actually disabled (asperger's isn't really a disability, just hampers some of the stupider, more arbitrary social nuances. I would know as I have it), I would give him an award for awesomeness.

Still, beyond what I did as a 13-year old.

Edit: Am I the only one who thinks this resembles The Wizard? An autistic boy (not seriously autistic, as I mentioned) going on a journey to California? Is their a gaming tournament their he's trying to be in? A smug boy with a power glove?

 

[DigitalSushi]

Not as impressive as I originally thought.

I imagined some kid with crutches beating down some dude and stealing his car.

Same except the kid was in a wheelchair.

I went to a community school, you know, multicultural and disabled kids all mixed in the same classes, and the wheelchair kids had spunk.

One of the nastiest guys in school could barely walk on his own, but boy could he hold a baseball bat.

 

[Xbowhyena]

Not as impressive as I originally thought.

I imagined some kid with crutches beating down some dude and stealing his car.

Yeah seriously. I thought it was going to be something like that LOL.

 

[Evertw]

How did he get past airport security?

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Not as impressive as I originally thought.

I imagined some kid with crutches beating down some dude and stealing his car.

That would make an awesome movie/game.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Y'see, this is why we drive manuals in Europe...

 

[JodaSFU]

I I read the title wondering how he got the car to fly.

lol. I made the same mistake