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NancyB (admin)
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 |  Subject: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon  Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:50 pm | |
| I don't know if it is on other channels but I'm watching MSNBC. |
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:51 pm | |
| FORT COLLINS. Colo. - Authorities were scouring the skies Thursday for a 6-year-old boy who unhooked his family's experimental balloon-powered aircraft and floated away from home, sheriff's officials said. The Larimer County Sheriff's Department said the boy's family had been building an experimental aircraft that had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home, KUSA-TV reported. The aircraft was approximately 20 feet by 5 feet and covered in tin foil, the station said. On Thursday morning, according to the family and officials, the boy got onto the aircraft and detached the rope holding it in place. Several people in the neighborhood said they saw the aircraft floating over their homes and some snapped pictures. Officials were scrambling to figure out how to rescue the boy. The craft, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet, Larimer sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver. |
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:52 pm | |
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:55 pm | |
| Now local news says they aren't sure if the boy is in there or not. |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:56 pm | |
| Crap! I posted about this in the lounge Nancy. Can you delete that one? I am watching this and I am horrified too!! That poor kid! |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:57 pm | |
| | NancyB (admin) wrote: | | Now local news says they aren't sure if the boy is in there or not. |
CNN hasn't said that yet. They are saying that he is in there. |
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Lori
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:58 pm | |
| | Mrs C wrote: | | NancyB (admin) wrote: | | Now local news says they aren't sure if the boy is in there or not. |
CNN hasn't said that yet. They are saying that he is in there. |
They don't know... it is local news, so I don't even know if it was rumor or not. |
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Mappy
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:01 pm | |
| OMG. That poor child and his family. |
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Lori
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Mappy
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:10 pm | |
| I hope so Lori. Those altitudes he would be freezing. Worse nightmare. Unable to help your child. (I'm wondering how many tethers it had.) |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:13 pm | |
| CNN is saying that sibling is said that the door opened when it took off and he may have fallen out. Not confirmed yet. |
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Mappy
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:14 pm | |
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:16 pm | |
| Spokeperson on MSNBC... they are sure the boy is in the balloon. |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:16 pm | |
| They are having a press conference right now and the boy IS in the balloon. His name if Falcon. |
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:23 pm | |
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Janelle's#1Fan
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:23 pm | |
| This is frightening to watch. _________________  |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:24 pm | |
| I want to turn it, but hubby won't let me. I can't take this! |
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Lori
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NancyB (admin)
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:27 pm | |
| | Lori wrote: | | My son keeps yelling at me to turn it off. He's afraid the kid is going to open the trap door and fall out! |
I think the stations are on a 10 second delay. If that happens, they will cut it off I guess. |
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flowerpower
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:32 pm | |
| Wow. I just heard about this. So scary for the little one.
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:33 pm | |
| It's definitely coming down now. Hope its a slow, soft landing. |
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Janelle's#1Fan
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:34 pm | |
| I hope so too, Mrs.C. _________________ |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:35 pm | |
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Mrs C
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| | Subject: Re: OMG - 6 year old in a balloon Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:39 pm | |
| There is no one in there? Where is he?? |
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