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Who Are the Heenes? Photos and Home Videos
While 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 unfold we thought we’d shed some light on the family.
Richard and Mayumi Heene have three boys, one of which witnessed Falcon climb into the homemade balloon that traveled a total of 50 miles, at heights over 7,000 feet, from their Fort Collins home. The Heene family has been featured on ABC’s hit show Wife Swap.
The family also has a lengthy history on YouTube.
If you pull up Twitter right now you’ll see a lot of speculation that the story of Falcon Heene being trapped in a balloon is a hoax. You’ll also see a lot of tasteless and offensive jokes about “#balloonboy” and his whereabouts. It’s all rather crude and uncalled for.
The Heenes do seem to march to their own beat, but they are a family in crisis. Let’s cut them some slack.
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Balloon Boy Rap Video | DaddyTips.com commented on Oct 15 09 at 5:40 pm[...] Falcon Heene was found alive. It appears that he was not in the balloon. More as it develops! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Found Alive!”, url: “http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2009/10/15/balloon-boy-falcon-heene-found-alive/” }); Related Posts:Who Are the Heenes? Photos and Home Videos [...]
Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Found Alive! | Famecrawler commented on Oct 15 09 at 6:18 pm[...] the front door. Who are these people? The Heene family and their now famous “Balloon Boy” were guests on Larry King and boy, did Falcon burst [...]
Balloon Boy - It Was All A Hoax | Famecrawler commented on Oct 16 09 at 12:22 am[...] website, thepsyiencedetectives, appears to be down but you can watch some of their kooky videos on FameCrawler. My personal favorite is the rap video which features all three Heene brothers. And Barbara [...]
Morning News - Balloon Boy Found | Strollerderby commented on Oct 16 09 at 9:39 am[...] hit reality series of 2010. Apparently, after all the publicity that Falcon Heene generated with his fake balloon trip and subsequent outing of his scheming parents — bigwigs at the Discovery Channel think [...]
Discovery Channel Offers Heene Family a Reality Show | Famecrawler commented on Oct 16 09 at 6:30 pm[...] “Balloon Boy” fever and couldn’t help but drawing 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 [...]
Marge Simpson Playboy Photo Scandal | Famecrawler commented on Oct 19 09 at 1:45 pm[...] the Kanye West is dead rumor, I’m really happy for you, and I’mma let you finish, but Balloon Boy had the best hoax of all [...]
RIP Kanye West | Famecrawler commented on Oct 21 09 at 12:33 pmAdd your take:
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