Boy does not float away in a homemade balloon, hid in garage [hoax confirmed]

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El_TigroX said:
Also...

flight-fo-the-navigator.jpg

One of my favorite childhood movies! I hear they are remaking it too.
 
Boonoo said:
Another hot air balloon might do the trick. They could move up alongside him and scoop him up with it.


Hot Air balloons are wildly unpredictable at the best of times. Also, no way to mobilize one fast enough.
 
Evenflow said:
watching on msnbc. This is insane! I guess his dad was testing it with the boy inside at short hovering heights but didn't realize is wasn't tied to the ground..... wtf .... who just builds something like this in their backyard

The coolest dad ever.
 
Thnikkaman said:
Are they covering it live? Player might be less bloated than CNN's.

Nope, they're interviewing someone in the government at the moment. It's just on the ticker.
 
Teknoman said:
He didnt. His dad made it, and the kid just happened to hop in.

Couldnt they just use a helicopter with some sort of harness, and snag the balloon?

It looks like the ballon is over Heli flight roof
 
FleckSplat said:
MSNBC says Natl. Guard are sending out a chopper.


and do what? the chopper will get too close and send the flimsy craft to rocking around which would likely rupture the hull, sending it to the ground. there's not really any way to get this kid.
 
That is crazy news. That kid must be scared to death right now. I know I would be.

It looks like it is hauling ass too.
 
Come on Obama order something out of Area-55 to rescue this kid. The one good thing might be that its shaped in a way so that it may safely deflate over time and land softly on its own. I just hope he has enough sense to fucking stay in it and hold on.
 
Superman, where are you?.. And damn at how fast this is going.

edit: i really have no idea how they could save him. Did you see how fast this moves? wow.
 
painey said:
that kid is either shitting himself, or having the time of his life.

This. He might have no idea what danger he's in, and is just up there enjoying the view...hopefully.

It's a 20 foot long/5 foot wide craft.

EDIT: Wtf, they think the boy might have fallen out of the craft before it even got that high?
 
Mollymauk said:
How the fuck is this funny? 6 year old in serious danger of dying = hilarious?
agreed- I don't know how much longer I can watch the live feed- theres no way this ends well
 
LQX said:
Come on Obama order something out of Area-55 to rescue this kid. The one good thing might be that its shaped in a way so that it may safely deflate over time and land softly on its own. I just hope he has enough sense to fucking stay in it and hold on.

Oh crap, they think the kid fell out!
 
I know there's supposed to be controls in that thing, but WTF kind of flying machine is that? Who builds something like that?
 
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