Breaking News kid trapped in hot air balloon

[janosha]

[moorefan126]

Guys the whole thing was a fake! did anyone else see that interview on the news! the kid said that the dad told him it was for the news IT WAS A FAKE! you guys can believe what ever you want but this was a FAKE!!!!

[Carolina Husker]

Guys the whole thing was a fake! did anyone else see that interview on the news! the kid said that the dad told him it was for the news IT WAS A FAKE! you guys can believe what ever you want but this was a FAKE!!!!

Thanks.

[cptx]

that has got to be the best trainwreck of an interview that i've ever watched.

[SmootsDaddy89]

I actually called this on facebook.

[Jangler]

Guys the whole thing was a fake! did anyone else see that interview on the news! the kid said that the dad told him it was for the news IT WAS A FAKE! you guys can believe what ever you want but this was a FAKE!!!!

[Carolina Husker]

Jangler called it on here.

[PntherPryd]

Jangler called it on here.

yeah, that was pretty amazing.

[Matt Foley]

You mean the Jupiter 2 was not real?

[Guest]

hmmm, your son is floating off in a balloon to meet almost certain death.

What do you do...what do you do... :idea:

call for a news helicopter!!

:icon_bs:

Did you hear about the million volt thing too, how the kid would die if he touched the sides of it? wow.

[Kevin Greene]

"We do anticipate at some point in the future, there will be some criminal charges filed with regards to this incident," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said.

The saga captured the nation's attention early Thursday afternoon, after authorities reported the family's homemade helium balloon was set adrift, apparently with young Falcon Heene inside.

Since then, speculation has mounted over whether the incident was a hoax by the father, who has appeared with his family on ABC's "Wife Swap," and posted videos of storm chasing and other activities online.

Attention *****.

Fry 'im.

[KillerKat]

Some expert on CNN is saying there was not enough helium to lift a 50 or 60 pound child.

Didn't i see something like that on mythbusters? It turned out to be busted I believe. That helium can not lift anyone.

[rodeo]

Didn't i see something like that on mythbusters? It turned out to be busted I believe. That helium can not lift anyone.

it wasn't completely busted that helium can lift someone, it just took the Mythbusters 3,500 helium balloons to lift a 4 year old girl a few feet off the ground.

[rodeo]

Didn't i see something like that on mythbusters? It turned out to be busted I believe. That helium can not lift anyone.

math time...

the balloon was 20 x 5. about 1,500 cubic feet. helium can lift about an ounce per cubic foot. so that's about 93 pounds. google says 6 year old boys weigh 50ish pounds.

so it could've lifted him. but it would've been weighted down, and the balloon in the video was flying pretty easily.