Gordon Forgey

It seems all the news is grim.

Not so. Some of it is just inexplicable.

Take the California teenager who reportedly sneaked onto a major airport, roamed the tarmac and climbed into the wheel well of a Boeing 767 jet bound for Hawaii.

The flight was about five and a half hours long and reached altitudes of more than 30,000 feet. He didn’t freeze. He didn’t die from lack of oxygen. He didn’t fall to his death when the wheels were dropped for landing.

After the plane landed, he stumbled out onto the tarmac apparently no worse for wear. Doctors are scratching their heads over his survival. So are...