Boy Floats Away In Balloon

I think the kid must be passed out by now or something. Hope he makes it.

is it going as fast as it looks or is it just the way its being filmed, I don't really have sound

The kid's name is Falcon?!

god damn it keeps flying sideways

fallin...

I mean sure every kid would love to have a UFO to play in, but it doesn't need to actually FLY

x-posts

it's fucked on one side, hence why it's dropping now. praying for that kid.

yo, people w CNN what is the deal w the rescue

lmao @ the video

That thing is about to starting dropping like a rock. Hope they have someone zooming over the with some kind of net or something...

Putting a helicopter above it sounds like guaranteed disaster.

i bet there's no one in it

that's just awful. feel no real need to watch the rest of this.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/t1wide.boy.balloon.02.kusa.jpg

Now they're interviewing a balloon expert called Gordon Boring. If this wasn't such an awful thing the names would make me chuckle.

it would be awesome if the kid was totally hiding in the basement

I pray this is what happened. I only read the CNN story. Any news outlets quoted the parents/guardiansa? (I assume not, but still . . . )

"Larimer County fire dispatchers are asking if a helicopter can use it's speaker to ask the boy if he has a valve to release helium."

The kid is 6. Are you kidding me?

tht poor kid must be terrified :(

do i see land guide ropes on this thing?

(not that they would be much use)

I had a quick look on the news but my kids are still up and I don't want them watching this live if it ends badly.

man how fast is that going?

yeah this seems destined to end in disaster. how long will cnn stick with this?

When you look at video of the balloon, I can't see any kind of an entry hole in it... So how did the kid get inside? I hope this is just some sort of a prank.

saying it's very possible the kid might have already fallen out.

Wind is around 30 mph, apparently.

it doesn't look to me like there's any separate compartment or even way to see out, much less breathe oxygen. :/

brit anchorlady on cnn is utterly useless

Damn, am I happy I am at work and not watching this. What a nightmare.

i'm watching the live feed on 9News out of Denver. Much better than CNN blowhards.

http://i34.tinypic.com/2dj8ifp.jpg

fox is more hung up on 'this is so weird' & had people who were saying well, eh it could float for a while but there's no immediate danger

this is like a South Park episode except it isn't funny

good to know that the boy might not be pleased with the flight at this point, mr boring

Huffington Post says the kid's parents were on Wife Swap.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/falcon-heene-balloon-boy_n_322736.html

filming ground rescue teams now, this is insane

there is no way that little convoy of trucks is going to be able to do much

the DC Comics-style cartoonishness is what makes it so horrible - definitely a good idea to keep yr kids away from the TV

Places like CNN and Fox News love this type of shit, despite the fact a kid is in grave danger. Reminds me of that song Dirty Laundry.

looks similar to the boy from Up!

Shit, they say they're going to switch off the live feed when he gets near the ground.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t131/tinacarr/alien-smoking-cannabis.jpg

damn at least save the kid from being squished live on telly.

praying for a miracle...

Yep.

sorry for compassion...

kid has watched too much Phineas & Ferb

Authorities say they know for sure the boy is still inside the aircraft's compartment.

this is pretty fucked

They do know for sure?

The father and son had apparently been working on the aircraft for some time.

"This sort of thing is normal for them," the neighbor told reporters who were gathered outside the Heene home in Fort Collins.

wtf?

Coming down now.

Heene Boyz - The Youth of America for Trump

the dad is such a piece of crap. i saw him at one of the shows his kids played in Tampa and wanted to accost him so bad. but his kids were having a good time so i thought better of it.

still will never forget the moment after Falcon gave me his card when I put 2+2 together and realized who I just met. couldn't stop laughing the rest of the night.

fox now reporting that the wolf is back and threatening to level the house somehow

― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.today.com/video/where-are-they-now-checking-in-with-balloon-boy-528545347572?v=raila&

https://www.5280.com/2019/09/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/

a great coda (?)

thank god we finally got to the bottom of that

🎈🎈🎈

That is the greatest opening paragraph I have ever read.

LOL

omg the ending

Still can't believe i met Falcon

OMG they live about 20 minutes away from me.

20 mins by balloon?

Lol

i was wondering how i could order a blowjab

Try going to Boston?

Happy anniversary.

totally used to see the entire family at metal shows for a period of 1-2 years, it was so bizarre. Falcon handing me a card for his band at Morbid Angel sent me into a giggling fit I couldn't stop for a half hour

good times

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/24/us/balloon-boy-pardon/index.html

"Richard and Mayumi have paid the price in the eyes of the public, served their sentences, and it's time for all of us to move on. It's time to no longer let a permanent criminal record from the balloon boy saga follow and drag down the parents for the rest of their lives."

Yes. Very sensible and generous. Now let's apply the same thought automatically to a much wider swath of the ex-incarcerated, not just a handful of people at a time.

you were the uniting force that bound us all.

please fake-fly away again

I knew he was working for the other side the entire time.

We have a national balloon incident, code, uh. Code balloon

When you look at video of the balloon, I can't see any kind of an entry hole in it... So how did the kid get inside? I hope this is just some sort of a prank.

― Tuomas, Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:25 PM bookmarkflaglink

he called it!

Sounds more like Tuomas was in on the hoax the whole time