I agree, well done that man to keep it up right
I cant imagine an instructor letting a VFR student up on a day like today. Police said on the news he was up "getting his hours up", hell of a day for it. As a student I can just see my instructor asking me before going on a solo nav are you going to go in weather like this? Answer no, pat on the back, good decision. Answer yes, swift right palm around back on head, back in the theory room rookie.
Anyway, I bet there's some solid lessons learned, he was able to walk away much wiser, and Ive got another reason to think twice about "fueling up and blasting off" into bad WX.