AND WELCOME BACK.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
A 16-YEAR-OLD COMPTON BOY
BECAME THE YOUNGEST TO FLY
ACROSS THE U.S.
I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL
MORNING LONG TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS.
I GUESS I CAN SAY IT NOW.
AND CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT'S WELL DUE AND MUCH
APPRECIATED.
SO THE RECORD WAS SET AT 9:11
THIS MORNING.
ISAIAH COOPER BECOMING THE
YOUNGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO
FLY ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
SOLO.
HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW THAT YOU
ARE ON GROUND?
IT'S AWESOME.
IT'S EXCITING.
TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE, EVEN
THE COMMUNITY, THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW WERE GOING TO COME SUPPORT
ME, IT BRINGS A WARM PLACE IN
MY HEART.
TELL ME ABOUT THE EMERGENCY
LANDING.
YOU HAVE 8,000 MILES, 42 STOPS,
BUT YOU RAN INTO A SNAG IN
CHEYENNE, WYOMING.
WE HAD A MICROBURSTS, MOTHER
NATURE TAKING US AIR TO GROUND
AND I HAD TO DO A HARD CRASH
LANDING.
I MISSED SCHOOLS AND AN
APARTMENT BUILDING .
ONLY 16 YEARS OLD, BY THE
WAY.
WHAT IS NEXT?
SO NEXT YEAR, I PLAN TO BE
THE YOUNGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
AT THE AGE OF 18 TO FLY AROUND
THE WORLD.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 16?
I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING CLOSE
TO THAT.
SO FROM FOX 11, CONGRATULATIONS.
WHAT A GREAT YOUNG MAN TO SHOW
PEOPLE IN COMPTON THAT YOU CAN
FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, DREAM BIG,
AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
LIVE IN COMPTON.
BACK TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GREAT TO SEE THAT HE