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to be effective, the government knows it needs a global rather than

just a national solution. That's it for me tonight. Time now for a look

at the news as seen across the United States a couple of hours ago,

in ABC World News with Dianne Sawyer. Boston strong, 36,000

runners, one victory. And an American winner. Stornoway, the

teenager who hit in the wheel of a passenger jet for a five hour flight

to Hawaii. Our reporter shows you what it is like. And is it possible

to survive brutal cold at 38,000 feet? Stormy spring. The sinkhole

which almost swallowed a retirement centre. Pounding hail on the roads,

and tornadoes bearing down. And on the lookout. Armed with a cellphone

camera, a passenger records what happens with his luggage. And a good

evening to you on this Monday night. Start this week with 26.2 miles of

courage, heart, and the spirit which stretches across a whole nation.

Boston strong. A triumphant marathon victory today. You'll remember a

year ago, four people died. Today, we watch athletes proved there is no

such thing as disabled. And a poetic coda. An American is the first to

win since 1983. Our correspondent was there. More than 36,000

runners, 9000 more than last year, and 1 million spectators, double the

average. Today was about sending a message. You can knock us down, but

not for long. We have to show as individuals, as a city, as a

community, really as a nation, that we are not afraid. These people, a

father and daughter team, both doctors, were about to finish last

year when the bombs went off. They stopped running and started helping

people. Today they were running again, under the watchful eye of

4000 police officers. On the streets, on the roof, and in the

sky. Why is it so important to run this year? We didn't finish what we

set out to do. It's a point of closure. In an undeniably poetic

note, an American one today for the first time since 1985. He is 38, he

was born in Africa and became a US citizen in 1998. Today he wore the

names of the four people who died in the attacks on his official runners

bib. In these horrible moments after he lost his legs and was rescued by

a stranger in a cowboy hat. Here he was today pounding fist with his

rescuer and is now friend. Heather, who lost her lower left leg, was

also here. She put on a prosthetic and ran the last half mile alongside

a woman who helped save her life. We are not going to let anything stop

us. Boston has its marathon back. As the day went on, there were a few

justifiably wobbly finishes. But not these two. Late today, they crossed

the line they could not cross last year. I think it is safe to say that

you guys took the marathon back. Late today, President Obama said

that all of today's runners show the world the true meaning of Boston

strong. All in all, a very good day. Good to have them taking their day

back. Now we turn to the incredible story of the runaway, the young man

whose story seems impossible. He hid in the frigid compartment where they

store the wheels for more than five hours. Tonight people are studying

the story. Is it true? How did he survive? Our correspondent with the

latest. This teenage boy according to the FBI stowed away in the

unpressurised wheel well. 5.5 hours. He survived, an hour after

landing he emerged from the jet, dazed. Caught on videotape and

shocking ground crews. He was weak, then he regained some strength and

started walking to the front of the aircraft. He had a fight with his

parents, and jumped the fence into the airport. Undercover of darkness,

and remained undetected as he proceeded onto the aircraft ramp and

proceeded into the wheel well of the aircraft. There is some room in the

wheel well and aircraft this large. Most die. They are either crust,

fall out, or die from the elements. But 25 have survived, and is now 26.

Why is this so hard to believe? The air gets thin, and temperatures drop

dramatically. There is hardly any oxygen. So how did he do it? As the

jet climbs, the person gradually loses consciousness. As temperatures

drop, the nervous system is preserved. It is a kind of

hibernation. I am still boggled that somebody could hibernate like that.

The teenager does not remember the flight. The airline says the boy is

exceptionally lucky to be alive. He is in the custody of child services

in Hawaii. His parents as have been notified. It is likely this teenager

will be back inside a plane on his way back to California soon. Of

course, everyone wonders what it could be like to hide inside the

wheel well of a jumbo jet. Our correspondent showed us. In the

middle of California's Mojave Desert, sits an aeroplane graveyard.

One of these jets is identical to the one the teenager used to take

his howling ride. Walking under the belly of the plane, you see how

difficult this would be to pull off. Take a look at these ties. The

mechanics tell us that each one of them ways hundreds of pounds. All of

this together, you could climb. But at some point it will swing up into

the belly. How you survive that is a tough one. While it is possible for

a person to climb these gears, there is no place a person to go. Even a

small teenage boy. You see this massive door, after take`off, it

swings open. Inside that compartment there is really no room for anything

else but those awfully big tyres. Still, stowaways have managed to

survive, although some have insured severe frost white. This young man

flew from Havana to Madrid. More than 4500 miles. This man flew from

Vienna to London. Tonight we can perhaps add another name to the

list. And now we had overseas tonight. News of an all out their

assault on suspected Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen. Officials say

American drones are taking part in air strikes. At least 55 militants

are believed to be dead. Drones are targeting a base in the mountains.

It is considered the biggest threat to American security here at home.

Now to Ukraine, where Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Kiev. A

diplomatic trip, sending a direct message to Vladimir Putin about

America's support the Ukraine. Russia has days, not weeks, to abide

by the international agreement struck last week to reduce tension

in the region. Back at home, a firebrand is back in the news, with

a big alert for middle`class Americans. It is now more than 5.5

years since the recession began, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth

Warren has a bold claim. That Wall Street bankers have made a

disproportionate share of the money, because the system is still rigged.

Good evening. We have been reporting on the fight to save the middle

class. It has long been part of the American dream. Families hoping to

secure their spot in America's cherished middle`class. She is the

firebrand who made her name fighting for them. There is nobody in this

country who got rich on his own. A lot has changed is the last time we

sat down. Elizabeth Warren is now a senator. She is not worried about

being a Washington insider. The game is rigged to work for those who

already have money and power. Working families are not looking to

a handout, they just want a level playing field. A new study shows the

rich getting richer since the recession. The top 1% now taken 22%

of income. Warren knows those families who are slipping. Hers was

one of them. You write that your mother usually pick you up from

school in a station wagon. Instead, she one day showed up driving the

old Studebaker which her father usually drove. She asked where the

other car was. She said, it's gone. And I just didn't understand. It is

gone where? She said, it's gone. And I remember her hands on the steering

wheel getting tighter and tighter. Her father had a heart attack, her

mother at 50 getting her first job as a telephone operator. Saving the

house, but not the car. Those early fears drove her fight in Washington

to create the consumer financial protection euro to protect families

from banks. At the release of her new book, she is revealing a meeting

with Barack Obama. Most people describe a White House setting as a

version of hell. I never made any secret of the fact that I would have

loved to have stayed. The big banks had said from the very beginning

they would kill this agency. The President said to you it was because

you made them nervous. I think did make nervous. Probably still do. She

ran the Senate and one. This was her first appearance before the banking

committee. And what I would like to know is, tell me a little bit about

the last few times you have taken the biggest financial institutions

on Wall Street all the way to a trial. Anybody? Wood I will have to

get back to you. I have read articles this week, one of them is

titled, they are talking about you. I don't get who writes these

headlines. `` Hillary's nightmare. White are you going to run for

president? I'm not going to. Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a

good president? I think she is terrific. We have to take focus on

issues right now. In the depth of the recession, 25% of family said

they couldn't break into tonight, the number is up to 40%. She says

she isn't running for president, but she is clearly campaigning for the

middle classes tonight. We turned to a health alert affecting millions of

American children. The FDA says the painkiller coding is prescribed to

500,000 children in emergency rooms each year even though it doesn't

work for many and might be fatal to others. The FDA says there are

better options for patients between the ages of three and 17. Families

across the south and west are reeling from the battling weather

this weekend. Hale, twisters and rain so atrocious it triggered

sinkholes. A meteorologist with the round`up. Tonight, the gaping holes

in the earth that threaten this retirement community over the

weekend are fields, while out west in Texas, a tornado and several

reports of hail filling the weekend. Near El Paso, flash flooding flooded

with hail. There is the risk of damaging wind, hail and tornadoes.

Despite the action this weekend in the Texas Panhandle, this season has

been safe. In part a cause of a cool start to spring. Preliminary numbers

in from tonight `` tonight, say this is the quietest start to tornadoes

in more than 60 years. I want to bring back the map for the threat

and risk area tonight. Anywhere from Arkansas that down to Austin has to

be on alert, watching the local stations. On Tuesday, the atmosphere

settles, but is `` reinvigorated on Wednesday. Western Oklahoma and west

Texas across these places, we will be watching after that. At next,

look out below, baggage handlers caught dropping luggage. A passenger

records what happens with his bags when we are back in a minute.

Next, we've seen our bags come back aimed and battered after a trip,

tonight we have video shot by a citizen patrolled `` banged. Imagine

seeing this happening to your luggage. Watch the bag. There you

go. This handler hurls the bags down a flight of stairs. My computer is

in their. This passenger caught them and now Air Canada is apologising,

saying it is not the way they do business. It's not the first time

handlers have been captured behaving badly. Police say this airport

worker spent eight months stealing passengers staff. His total haul,

nearly $85,000. So many tonight sending us your stories about rages

and airport antics. The bag was broken. There is even a song about

it from a guy who's guitar broke each year, more than 2 million bags

are lost, damaged or destroyed. Complaints are up 40%. Reimbursement

is another headache. Airlines like to play the waiting game. They keep

you on hold for ever, hoping he will go away. A lot of people end up

going away. Domestic travellers will get more `` no more than $3000 for

luggage. Some airlines want you to inspect your bag before you leave

the airport and if you don't file the claim within 24 hours, you are

out of luck. Just one more case of fire beware.

We start at the White House with something different at the annual

Easter egg roll. Michelle Obama, the president and the Easter Bunny, hand

on heart for the national anthem. 30,000 kids and families. In the

spirit of the campaign for healthy kids, amid the ex` was Yoker and

Cahill smoothies along with peeps. A new idea. `` cale. Regulators have

approved powdered alcohol, called palcohol. You can choose vodka or

rum. It is expected to hit stores this fall. " For a family on

vacation, driving through a safari park. Their van burst into flames

just as they were in the lion's Dan. A pride of lions were 100 yards

away. Mum thought fast. `` lion's den. The range is said to stay in

the car because the Lions were more dangerous than the flames. Mum joked

later they would not have been so much fuss if they had been near the

flamingos. `` there. Finally, two brothers on a journey of their own.

They were right there, a year ago, others and best friends both from

Boston, both construction workers and on that day, both at the centre

of the worst tragedy in the history of the city. They emerged

transformed. Before, I would have said I was content, but now I am

happy. On that day, the brothers rushed to different hospitals. Both

lost their right leg. Paul was in a coma for a week. Two weeks later,

this. They spent months in hospital between them. More than 50

surgeries. Unlike so many, they had a secret weapon, each other. This

was amazing. If not the best feelings of my life, definitely the

best feeling of my life. Is there anything you can't do? They tell me

I will be able to do it. He can't beat me on anything, it are. Bond

and resilience is a reflection of the city they love. What do you want

people to take away from what happened to this community at what

happened to your family? Always have hope. There is a good shot that

everything will be all right. Don't wait for a tragedy to start don't

wait to say, OK, I have lost my leg, I'll start later, do it now. Rubbers

and Boston Strong. Good to have you watching tonight. We are here at ABC

News. I will see you tomorrow. Good night.

Easter Monday was a glorious day for much of Scotland and Northern

Ireland, but further south we saw conditions deteriorate with the

cloud building up and showers and thunderstorms developing to the west

of London. They spread westward into wards south Wales.