Up Up and Away?

Started by Samme! October 15th, 2009 12:27 PM
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Samme!

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This is funny but extremely horrible at the same time. Quoted from Perez~

Direct Link Here with Picture: http://perezhilton.com/2009-10-15-this-is-not-a-joke-boy-flies-away-in-homemade-balloon

Spoiler:
A 6-year-old boy has floated away today in a homemade balloon in northeastern Colorado!!!

The balloon is saucer-shaped and covered with foil. The compartment where the boy is located sits below the balloon filled with helium and it is made of thin plywood. Apparently it was a project between the boy and his dad.

The balloon is currently about 8,000 feet in the air and projected to rise to 10,000 feet!

The Fort Collins police are among the authorities tracking the aircraft and it could wander into the Denver International Airport's air traffic control corridors.

This is awful–he must be terrified!

Hopefully he gets rescued somehow soon and can return to his familysafely!

Update: The balloon landed and the boy was not inside! It is believed he fell out somewhere along the way.

So horrific!

Hopefully the little boy is found safe!
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Posted April 20th, 2020
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What the hell, guys? It's not even remotely funny. There was every possibility he could've fallen out and end up breaking a couple of bones, or worse, end up dead. If you think that's funny, your sense of humour could do with some improvement. Anyway, Samme, you're a bit late. The balloon crashed a couple of minutes ago. Boy wasn't found near the scene of impact, so he either fell out, was never on the balloon on the first place or he exploded on impact. Okay, last one there is a joke. People are also saying he's a family member of a family who is currently on the show 'Wife Swap' so this could just be some sort if sick publicity stunt. Either way it's not funny and I hope they find that boy as soon as possible.
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I'm not RS because he was never in it. so I win =P
But the parents are the ones to blame. They should have called for him and searched the whole house, do that routine before going scared. But I'm sure it was just their first reaction, that their kid and their balloon were gone.
But Still.
Also, just looking at the story on Yahoo News, the family was actually on the TV Reality show, Wife Swap. that made me lol.

Samme!

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Wow, what a horrific event. D: That's terrifying; having to be in the air like a couple thousand feet.

Thankfully, going by Samme's update, he's safe now.
Well he was never in the balloon. His brother thought he saw him climb into the basket attached to the balloon.. But the kid was in the attic the whole time :/

Nick

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A

^ This, on the other hand, is funny. Considering his father's reaction to what he said about why he didn't come out when they were calling, omg... priceless. From the way his dad responds to when he said "you said we'd do this for the show" it's pretty obvious (or maybe its just me) that this was planned beforehand... maybe not by the producers, but the father definitely had something to do with it.

Samme!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A

^ This, on the other hand, is funny. Considering his father's reaction to what he said about why he didn't come out when they were calling, omg... priceless. From the way his dad responds to when he said "you said we'd do this for the show" it's pretty obvious (or maybe its just me) that this was planned beforehand... maybe not by the producers, but the father definitely had something to do with it.
Wow, this made my day. Thank you for posting ^.^

To be honest and blunt, they are stupid. Just stupid. Well, mostly the father for trying to cover it up and not having any public speaking skills whatsoever. But putting America into a semi state of panic is no way someone should get publicity. And Falcon. Seriously. Falcon. -_-

Nick

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I think Falcon was just trying to do what he was told. He seems to have a lot of respect for his parents. He explained why he didn't come out of where he was hiding when the situation occurred.

"Why didn't you come out?"
"Um... you guys said... that we did this for a show."
If there's a whole camera crew on your house and your parents said that they wanted to do something for a show, do you really think that you'd be coming out when you can gain fame and the like over the situation? I mean, this little boy is still a kid. Maybe he was expecting something out of it.

I dunno, but I just think that that father is trying to get around from his son's confession when he goes and says "Whenever we tell him things, like, it's a bad thing to do he does go and hide."
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I think Falcon was just trying to do what he was told. He seems to have a lot of respect for his parents. He explained why he didn't come out of where he was hiding when the situation occurred.(QUOTE)
Quote:
"Why didn't you come out?"
"Um... you guys said... that we did this for a show."

you r so right Patchisou Yutohru

but u have to admit that the original post a site/video made me laugh, and made all my friends burst out laughing i thought it was hysterical XDDDDDDD
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