6-Year Old Boy Floats Away In Homemade Helium Balloon Aircraft?

Jillian Bandes
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You can watch live coverage on network television, or on Breitbart.He's traveling between 15-20mph, 4,000 feet in the air above Colorado. This is completely terrifying.

UPDATE: The thing just landed. No one came out. ~~No one knows where the kid is.~~ Developing...

UPDATE: He was hiding in a box in the attic of his home. Just.....wow.

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Riders on the Storm Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 7:00 PM

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

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paddy o'furniture Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 6:58 PM

ditto....

Pretty interesting day in Colorado.....

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Riders on the Storm Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 6:51 PM

but this sounds like a kooky family:

"'When the Heene family aren't chasing storms, they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm,' according to ABC's description of the episode."

After hours of television coverage and authorities being tied up looking for the child, he is found in the attic. Wouldn't you look all over the house and yard first before calling the police? And why did the eight year old say his brother was in the balloon?

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paddy o'furniture Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 6:42 PM

In the old days, you used to show up everyday at about 5:00 EST, drop a pile on every thread, and then disappear.....
You are showing up later in the day nowadays.....
How come.....?

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Spontaneous Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 6:36 PM

Is perfect.

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Cicero9 Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 5:37 PM

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid =339

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paddy o'furniture Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 4:30 PM

Yeah....let's hope so.

....wonder if septic would be interested in a free balloon ride......

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Cicero9 Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 4:20 PM

whether the kid was in the balloon or not. News reports are conflicting right now. Hope the kid just freaked out when the balloon lifted off, and is hiding out for the moment.

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paddy o'furniture Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 3:56 PM

.....landed, but no child was found.

This is a terribly sad story. My prayers are with that family.....their lives were forever changed today....

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SJA Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 3:51 PM

Just found out that his parents were libs and he was looking for anyway out. Hopefully the kid is safe and sound with some nice conservative family.

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sceptyczny Wrote: Oct 15, 2009 3:44 PM

I hope the child ran away because he thought he did something wrong. Kids do that.

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