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, 15 October 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
saying it's very possible the kid might have already fallen out.
― circa1916, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Wind is around 30 mph, apparently.
― M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, am I happy I am at work and not watching this. What a nightmare.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm watching the live feed on 9News out of Denver. Much better than CNN blowhards.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― daria, actually (daria-g), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
this is like a South Park episode except it isn't funny
― Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
good to know that the boy might not be pleased with the flight at this point, mr boring
― omar little, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Hatch, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
filming ground rescue teams now, this is insane
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
there is no way that little convoy of trucks is going to be able to do much
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
the DC Comics-style cartoonishness is what makes it so horrible - definitely a good idea to keep yr kids away from the TV
― Brio, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
looks similar to the boy from Up!
― Cousin Larry Soetoro (jeff), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Shit, they say they're going to switch off the live feed when he gets near the ground.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t131/tinacarr/alien-smoking-cannabis.jpg
― am0n, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
damn at least save the kid from being squished live on telly.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
praying for a miracle...
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Yep.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry for compassion...
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
kid has watched too much Phineas & Ferb
― les rallizes gay nudes (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Authorities say they know for sure the boy is still inside the aircraft's compartment.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
this is pretty fucked
― omar little, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
They do know for sure?
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― am0n, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Coming down now.
― WmC, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
He's down
landed pretty slowly
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
that sort of looked soft landing please god
Well, so much for not showing the landing. Hope he's alive in there.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit, it came down soft as a feather!
― WmC, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
oh damn
― omar little, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
WOW
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
phew
― les rallizes gay nudes (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it isn't unusual for fathers and sons to work on making shit. just usually it is like a tree house instead of a ufo that will kill your child after it gets windy.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
Phew what?
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Is the boy alive?
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Jesus the CNN woman is terrible
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
That was an incredible television moment for the ages, assuming the kid is not dead.
― Hatch, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
wow didn't expect a landing like that
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
they must know he's not inside
― Cousin Larry Soetoro (jeff), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
shit
― les rallizes gay nudes (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
so there's nobody in it?
― brownie, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
cnn brit-lady: "i know what that boy must be going through. i flew in economy class once"
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Nobody in there.
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, they wouldn't act like that if he was still inside.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
We have a national balloon incident, code, uh. Code balloon
― Karl Malone, Friday, 3 February 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
― Tuomas, Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:25 PM bookmarkflaglink
he called it!
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 04:18 (six months ago) link
Sounds more like Tuomas was in on the hoax the whole time
― Ste, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 07:53 (six months ago) link