October 15th, 2009, 03:16 PM
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Boy, 6, floats away in homemade balloon in Colorado
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft in Colorado and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy as the balloon hurtled through the air.
The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside. The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times.
FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.
Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said the device had the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.
"We were sitting eating, out looking where they normally shoot off hot air balloons. My husband said he saw something. It went over our rooftop. Then we saw the big round balloonish thing, it was spinning," said neighbor Lisa Eklund.
6-year-old boy floats away in balloon - Yahoo! News
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October 15th, 2009, 03:18 PM
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the device had the potential to rise to 10,000 feet.
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Scary. I hope we hear more about this.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:36 PM
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Shoot it down.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:39 PM
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Its landed, it doesn't seem like the boy is inside - they think he may have fallen out. I'm watching right now on CNN.
ETA: It is now confirmed that the child is not inside the downed balloon.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:42 PM
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How sad!
Do they know for sure that he was in the balloon to start with?
You can't see from the footage.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:43 PM
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WTF??? This is horrible! FucK!
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But now its back again, The cracking, the seeping, the itching.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:45 PM
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Well they're hoping that he fell out before it took off, but that thing launches really quickly - it got up to 5500 feet, they're saying. So the worst case scenario is that he fell out at a very high altitude.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:45 PM
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I hope that baby is alright. This is frightening, this is so like something my boys would try.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:47 PM
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I'm almost hoping that the other boy who told his father that he saw the boy crawl in is lying. Evidently the father is a retired weatherman and they do a lot with weather balloons. Interesting that they appeared on an episode of Wife Swap.
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October 15th, 2009, 03:54 PM
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The Heene family. Ryo Heene. Is this the boy? I don't watch the show.
Wife Swap Pictures, RYO HEENE Photos - Photo Gallery: Wife Swap
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October 15th, 2009, 04:00 PM
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Hearing that he may have fallen out made me feel sick.
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October 15th, 2009, 04:02 PM
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WTF!!! I hope this kid is just hiding in his yard somewhere but it looks like he probably fell out.
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October 15th, 2009, 04:03 PM
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I remember them,I think they appeared in two episodes.His parents are kooks.Hope he's alright.
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October 15th, 2009, 04:07 PM
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Nope, it was Falcon.
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October 15th, 2009, 04:07 PM
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They're making some comments on the news like "You have to look at these parents." I guess the parents take the kids when they are going hurricane hunting. They film extreme weather.
Some are also implying that this might be a publicity scam.
The boy's name is Falcon.
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