6 Year Old Floats Away in Air Balloon
Just a little while ago CNN broke news channels around the United States, sorry not sure if it went around the world. Truth be told I only know as I got a quick call to go to cnn.com and check it out. At first I laughed, a 6 year old in a hot air balloon. But then I thought, wait it's a 6 year old, by himself in an air balloon. What if he falls?
CNN reports:
Everyone knows I love little kids, so since I don't have cable I've enlisted friends to keep me informed. Basically the father is a weather chaser and was making this balloon-like thing. The little boy's brother reportedly saw him get in right as wind picked up, took the balloon and little man. So far some reports state he thought the little one fell out, but other reports are stating he is still in the balloon. Either way it is a very scary situation.
The fear is the boy (if he is in the thing) is so light that the balloon is becoming unsteady and going anywhere it pleases. They have re-routed airplanes, flights in order to make sure they don't smash into this little guy. Army National Guard has been out and it seemed that they deflated it some but not enough, they are now stating Black Hawk is 5 minutes away. Not exactly sure what they will do at that point.
Part of me is still hoping that little boy fell out before it took off and is just hiding somewhere in fear of getting in trouble. Unharmed. But due to how serious this is sounding he may be laying, curled up at the bottom of the balloon. Too scared to move.
CNN has just update, it seems the basket-like area is made of thin plywood, if the boy is in fact in it and it crashes it'll break apart. A friend tells me the balloon is only 100 feet now and in an open field, a man is running towards it.
CNN reports:
Officials are trying to rescue a 6-year-old boy who climbed into a balloon-like experimental aircraft built by his parents and floated into the sky over eastern Colorado.
The boy's family had been building the experimental aircraft at their home on Fossil Ridge Road in Fort Collins, CNN affiliate KUSA reported.
Everyone knows I love little kids, so since I don't have cable I've enlisted friends to keep me informed. Basically the father is a weather chaser and was making this balloon-like thing. The little boy's brother reportedly saw him get in right as wind picked up, took the balloon and little man. So far some reports state he thought the little one fell out, but other reports are stating he is still in the balloon. Either way it is a very scary situation.
The fear is the boy (if he is in the thing) is so light that the balloon is becoming unsteady and going anywhere it pleases. They have re-routed airplanes, flights in order to make sure they don't smash into this little guy. Army National Guard has been out and it seemed that they deflated it some but not enough, they are now stating Black Hawk is 5 minutes away. Not exactly sure what they will do at that point.
Part of me is still hoping that little boy fell out before it took off and is just hiding somewhere in fear of getting in trouble. Unharmed. But due to how serious this is sounding he may be laying, curled up at the bottom of the balloon. Too scared to move.
CNN has just update, it seems the basket-like area is made of thin plywood, if the boy is in fact in it and it crashes it'll break apart. A friend tells me the balloon is only 100 feet now and in an open field, a man is running towards it.
