6 yr old boy in runaway helium balloon!

[Stradawhovious]

Has anyone been paying close attention to this? Specifically who is involved? This is the same family who has been known to wedge their way into highlights as storm chasers, and appeared on the TV show "Wife Swap". Seems they like the attention of the media......... I'm kind of hoping that this is some stupid publicity stunt on their end, and that the kid is OK.

[countrymama]

Has anyone been paying close attention to this? Specifically who is involved? This is the same family who has been known to wedge their way into highlights as storm chasers, and appeared on the TV show "Wife Swap". Seems they like the attention of the media......... I'm kind of hoping that this is some stupid publicity stunt on their end, and that the kid is OK.

yes: http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/ ... ap-family/

October 15, 2009
Missing 'balloon boy' Falcon Heene on 'Wife Swap,' Youtube music video

The six-year-old boy who was thought to be in a mylar balloon speeding high across Colorado on Thursday was on the ABC series "Wife Swap."

Falcon Heene is the son of Richard and Mayumi Heene of Ft. Collins, Colo. His parents are storm chasers, and their chaotic parenting style was criticized by their "Wife Swap" swap family.

Richard and Mayumi Heene of Ft. Collins, Colo. have two other sons, Bradford and Royo.

According to the ABC 'Wife Swap' website, the family sleeps in their clothes so they can leap from bed and run after a storm at any given moment. The site also describes a "flying saucer" that sounds like the one that ultimately came back to earth Thursday.

"When the Heene family aren't chasing storms, they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm," says the site.

They're also apparently shooting music videos. An amateur rock/rap video called "Not Pussified" starring the three boys was posted on Youtube, showing the brothers shooting off rockets, throwing rocks at stuffed animals, and riding some sort of hovercraft that looks eerily like the saucer thought to be carrying Falcon on Thursday.

The Heene parents received criticism of their chaotic parenting style when Karen Martel of Connecticut entered the household as the new "wife" on "Wife Swap." Karen said her husband ran a child-proofing business, so she knew a thing or two about safety.

Karen chastised Richard for not keeping an eye on his sons, letting them play unattended in the woods behind the house. Richard fought Karen’s safety concerns every step of the way.

i'm not saying they are bad parents, i'm just saying its the same family.

i used to play unattended in the woods all the time behind my house...

[Rogelk]

Boy's been found alive and hiding out at a local gun club. His favorite place when he knows there's trouble.

[Stradawhovious]

Boys found, alive.

Link?

[justaguy]

Boys found, alive.

Link?

Try

[Stradawhovious]

Boys found, alive.

Link?

Try

:finger:

[Rogelk]

Boys found, alive.

Link?

http://www.cnn.com/

[Squib Joe]

That little **** will have a great story to tell for the rest of his life

[Stradawhovious]

That little **** will have a great story to tell for the rest of his life

Yup. And all it cost us was tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars tying up emergency rescue services. A great story indeed.

[justaguy]

That little **** will have a great story to tell for the rest of his life

Yup. And all it cost us was tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars tying up emergency rescue services. A great story indeed.

+1

[macphisto]

That little effer needs a serious spanking. From what I've read about his parents, it doesn't sound like he'll get it.

[justaguy]

That little effer needs a serious spanking. From what I've read about his parents, it doesn't sound like he'll get it.

I think it would be more appropriate if the parents had to pay the money back that this little fiasco cost.

[Rogelk]

That little effer needs a serious spanking. From what I've read about his parents, it doesn't sound like he'll get it.

I think it would be more appropriate if the parents had to pay the money back that this little fiasco cost.

It appears to me to be a little boy who got a little mischievous. No different then a 6 yr. old wandering off in the woods and triggering search and rescue operations. Why should they have to pay?

[justaguy]

That little effer needs a serious spanking. From what I've read about his parents, it doesn't sound like he'll get it.

I think it would be more appropriate if the parents had to pay the money back that this little fiasco cost.

It appears to me to be a little boy who got a little mischievous. No different then a 6 yr. old wandering off in the woods and triggering search and rescue operations. Why should they have to pay?

Because when you have kids and a hot air balloon you take responsibility for what happens to them. Not the American tax payer.

[Rogelk]

With that mindset I can't think of an instance or circumstance that you wouldn't pay. And it wasn't a hot air balloon. It was a king size party balloon.