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10-15-2009, 04:28 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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 | 6 year old stuck in hot air balloon in Colorado. OMG. I am watching HLN right now and there is a hot air-balloon over Denver, Colorado. I don't have any sites that have info but here is what they are saying.... The family was making a homemade hot air-balloon, and the two boys were playing in it (parents didn't realize it) and they started filling the balloon with helium. The balloon is 700 feet in the air and one of the boys still may be inside. The balloon is 20 ft by 5 ft and dome shaped. No one knows how they will get it down. I keep my fingers crossed........ Any info post here, I'm interested. |
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10-15-2009, 04:31 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United Kingdom
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| How old are the boys? |
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10-15-2009, 04:33 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota
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| Not making light of the situation and maybe it's just me, but your just asking for trouble by having a hot air balloon tethered to your home and then have young children hanging around it. Hope all turns out well, I'm sure the young man is probably terrified, or having the time of his life? I read the boy that is thought to be inside is 6 years old.
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10-15-2009, 04:36 PM
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| 6 year old and it JUST landed they are looking to see if the boy is in it or if he fell earlier. |
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10-15-2009, 04:37 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Hope he doesn't suffer hypothermia. My first reaction is SHOOT IT!! Now before our international brethren roll their eyes on my "typical American response", just think about it. Time is of the essence and a small hole might avert a tradgedy in the making.
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10-15-2009, 04:39 PM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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10-15-2009, 04:40 PM
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|  It seems that he is not inside the ballon, he had to of fallen.... Thanks Adler appreciate it  |
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10-15-2009, 04:42 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Oh say it isn't so...
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10-15-2009, 04:42 PM
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| Watching it on the news, seems the boy was not found in the ballon. Hope he wasn't in there to begin with.
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10-15-2009, 04:44 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Wouldn't that be a wonderful outcome. But you have to then ask where he went for 2 hours while, surely, scores of rescue personnel are swarming his house.
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10-15-2009, 04:46 PM
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They are suspecting one of 2 things. He fell out at a low altitude and MAY be OK or.. He feel out at a high altitude and isn't ok. | |
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10-15-2009, 04:49 PM
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| Or, the older sibling is telling a tall tale about seeing him get into it in the first place? Wouldn't be the first time a child made something up to try to get out of trouble. Whatever happened I hope he is found OK.
__________________ A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon. Last edited by Bucksnort101; 10-15-2009 at 04:53 PM. |
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10-15-2009, 04:50 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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| Yea, maybe Matt, he is hiding because he thinks he is in trouble  I know if I were his age I probably would.  |
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10-15-2009, 05:16 PM
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| Looks as if the family actually appeared on the US TV Show "Wife Swap". Reports: Missing ‘balloon boy’ Falcon Heene was in ‘Wife Swap’ family Entertainment
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10-15-2009, 05:17 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Oh Jeez... why does there always have to be more to the story. Wonder what else is going to come out about these folks.
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