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6 year old boy stuck on homemade ballon

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:15 am
by Chris from Washington
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=15&sid=225429

I thought this was a joke when they were talking about it on the radio.

Hope this turns out OK.

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:16 pm
by falkenbd
it landed with no sign of him in it.

several news sights had live feeds,

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:19 pm
by NorthQuad
Yeah, been watching it since it broke. I watched as the balloon touched the ground and they grabbed it. No boy inside. Hopefully he was never on it. It doesn't large enough to lift a 6 year old kid off the ground, in my opinion. Guess we'll find out.

ninja'd by falken

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:24 pm
by falkenbd
it got to 8,000 feet apparantly, and they thought it was capable of 10,000 with the boy in it.

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:31 pm
by Chris from Washington
now the sheriff in the area is saying he thinks the boy set it loose and is now hiding.

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:34 pm
by falkenbd
Chris from Washington wrote:now the sheriff in the area is saying he thinks the boy set it loose and is now hiding.
I kind of thought that, but is a 6 year old smart enough to f*ck with people like that?

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:36 pm
by falkenbd
the balloon caused airport departures to be delayed...

I can see the family getting sued for that one.

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:47 pm
by Chris from Washington
now they are saying they think the kid did get into the basket.
So where is the basket?

This story is odd

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:13 pm
by NorthQuad
Chris from Washington wrote:So where is the basket?
It was attached to the balloon. It was part of the structure. It kind of looked like a cupcake or a mushroom. Anyway, it landed along with the balloon.

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:15 pm
by Chris from Washington
NorthQuad wrote:It was attached to the balloon. It was part of the structure. It kind of looked like a cupcake or a mushroom. Anyway, it landed along with the balloon.
No the basket wasn't there when it landed they are saying, they haven't been able to find it yet.