6 Year Old Alone In Hot Air Balloon

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6 Year Old Alone In Hot Air Balloon
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Thu, 10-15-2009 - 3:00pm
I have MSNBC on in the background right now.  They are following a KUSA news feed of helium-filled experimental balloon that is loose over Colorado with a lone 6 year old boy inside.  The balloon is spinning and tilting and traveling right now at about 6000 to 8500 feet at 20 to 25 mph.  I know I shouldn't watch, but this has just grabbed my attention.  I hope that authorities with a knowledge of balloons can figure out how to rescue this little child.  The balloon is capable of rising to 10,000  or more feet where it is cold and there is less oxygen for the child.   Experts are saying that they cannot use helicopters to get near the balloon for fear of sucking the balloon into the blades.   If this balloon hits the ground at that speed, the child will be seriously injured if not killed.  If you've got a minute, please say a prayer for that little boy, cold, scared and spinning/tilting in that balloon.

 



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Registered: 03-23-2003
Thu, 10-15-2009 - 3:27pm

I had just turned on the TV to watch the noon news while I ate my lunch & they broke in with this report...I just hope that they can figure something out...


Sending protective karma for that little boy...



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Registered: 03-18-2000
Thu, 10-15-2009 - 3:27pm
Deputies chase boy floating in balloon aircraft
Cops: 6-year-old takes off in family's experimental helium-balloon craft

Video & article......


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-life/


Balloon over Colorado


The balloon is believed to have broken free from the boy's family home
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Registered: 01-04-2009
Thu, 10-15-2009 - 3:42pm
The balloon is down, and there is no little boy on board. Now the tv "talkers" are questioning whether the boy had fallen out at some earlier point or whether the boy was never on board.

 

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Registered: 01-04-2009
Thu, 10-15-2009 - 6:27pm
Update: The little boy was found in his own home (safe and sound). Thank goodness!

 

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Registered: 03-30-2007
Thu, 10-15-2009 - 7:50pm
Why does this smell like a publicity stunt?
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Thu, 10-15-2009 - 8:41pm


Well...there does seem to be that possibility.

 

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Thu, 10-15-2009 - 11:50pm

Even more suspicious. During an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Wolf asked the boy why he did that, he looked at his father and said "you guys said we did this for the show." I'm not sure how to interpret that. Here's a link to the short video:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail??blogid=109&entry_id=49703

 

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Fri, 10-16-2009 - 7:49am
To some people the need for attention is as great as the greed for money.
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Fri, 10-16-2009 - 11:12am

On Morning Joe this AM Joe Scarborough said the father had called the show three times asking to be interviewed. They showed clips from other morning TV shows & the boy, Falcon, was throwing-up right there on TV.


It sure has the appearance of a publicity stunt.

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Registered: 03-30-2007
Fri, 10-16-2009 - 11:24am
I didn't see a lot of the "live coverage". But something is bothering me. I only saw a very small snippet of where the boy was hiding. How in the heck could a small boy remove the ceiling tile and get up that high with out the help of a big strong person? Having had two boys I know first hand how their mind works and how fast they can disappear. This just doesn't pass the smell test.

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