Boy Floats Away in Homemade Balloon - UPDATED!
Falcon Heene, a six-year-old boy in Colorado, crawled into an experimental aircraft constructed by his parents and floated away - it was witnessed by his sibling. The craft is being tracked by the Denver International Airport on radar and was last seen at 7,000 feet and moving around 30 mph.
7,000 feet. A six-year-old boy.
Awful.
The helium balloon was tethered in the yard of Richard Heene who appeared on the television show WifeSwap with his wife Mayumi, and admitted that he was a storm chaser. The saucer-shaped blimp is 20 feet long and 5 feet high. The basket beneath it, which the boy is believed to be in, is constructed of thin plywood.
Several media outlets have volunteered to help track the craft with their helicopters.
At this point the authorities are unsure as to the course of action they should take.
UPDATED - The balloon has landed and while authorities say they are positive that the boy was inside there is no sign of him yet.
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[...] the sad and frightening story about the missing six-year-old Falcon Heene and his floating away in the family’s storm chasing, experimental aircraft continues to [...]
Heene Family Video | Famecrawler commented on Oct 15 09 at 5:15 pm[...] the sad and frightening story about the missing six-year-old Falcon Heene and his floating away in the family’s storm chasing, experimental aircraft continues to [...]
Heene Family Video | Famecrawler commented on Oct 15 09 at 5:15 pm[...] Heene, the six-year-old boy that was believed to be floating at over 7,000 feet in his family’s homemade balloon was found alive. It appears that he was not in the balloon. More as it develops! [...]
Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Found Alive! | Famecrawler commented on Oct 15 09 at 6:20 pm[...] Balloon Boy Gate: hoax or not a hoax? That is the question. [...]
Balloon Boy Hoax? | Famecrawler commented on Oct 16 09 at 4:32 pm[...] on the similarities between the Heene family and the Simpsons, although I don’t see it. The Heenes are going to jail and the Simpsons are living the [...]
Marge Simpson Playboy Photo Scandal | Famecrawler commented on Oct 19 09 at 1:51 pmHe is not in it. He accidently let it go and he is hiding out of fear!
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