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Boy 6, Floats Away In Hot Air Balloon

Fort Collins : CO : USA | Oct 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM PDT
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy.

Live footage from a local TV helicopter showed the balloon gliding quickly through the air.

Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says the device, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.

Campanella said the 6-year-old climbed into the access door and was in the airborne device.

FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.

Redhorse is based in Granite Bay, California, United States of America, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.
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Posted By OMega3_2yew OMega3_2yew | over 2 years ago
Something about air balloons that invokes the October season to it's fullest potential through a memory in time, where I wish that pumpkin on wheels wasn't so pompously engaging but rather wasting less resources altogether. As though we can't control our inate ability to consume? Please, we are so advanced as a civilization, we can overcome this stagnant time at hand, while clapping for the six year old boys safe return as well. There's no reason why a hot air balloon festival can't promote a group of people trying to create a positive impact on the world. What more can a feather do to tickle our world leaders into creative motion towards a healthier world for us all? Through a perspective that says yes we can elevate our intention, will you, the proprietors of a well-fed family that engages a community of local proportions and beyond, support a hot air balloon ride that sends parachuting packages filled with potting soil and seeds for a spring-time of relief? Communities are in need and we could use the sponsors that open doors for our gardens to flourish and the community surprise that ties households together by radio broadcast and community t.v. We need these seeds and we, the workers and gardeners of tomorrow aim to find a healthy home in the fertile soil of our neighborhoods community garden space in the center of town where it all happens, food and music.
Posted By ladym33 ladym33 | over 2 years ago
This was very scary, I am glad he was safe and sound down on the ground.
Posted By Rsaeed Rsaeed | over 2 years ago
that is not caring
but thanks God he is safe
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