OT: Anybody following the kid in a balloon
October 15th, 2009 at 3:21 PM ^
I really want to know how he got off the ground unsupervised.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:24 PM ^
Rodriguez dares kid to get into balloon, 6 current and former players say.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:27 PM ^
Why was Lloyd Carr sitting with the balloon manufacturer during the launch? Whose side is he on, anyway?
October 15th, 2009 at 3:51 PM ^
I understand that it's impossible to have your kids in your line of sight 100% of the time. I'm not a parent, but I would definitely carefully secure massive balloons or any other flying devices. It doesn't sound good for the kid right now, but hopefully he's safe somewhere.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:52 PM ^
The family home sounds a little chaotic:
http://abc.go.com/shows/wife-swap/episode-guide/heenemartel/132697
October 15th, 2009 at 4:26 PM ^
another person linked with reality tv spins out of control story! Wow, you can't make this stuff up.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:21 PM ^
Anyone seen it? Interesting movie - it ended well for Danny. But seriously, yeah, this is a crazy story.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:30 PM ^
Very crazy. Definately a worthy intrusion into the workday. Hope the kid is/will be all right.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:33 PM ^
A sanctioned experimental high altitude training program goes horribly wrong. Coach Rod and Barwis will have to take other avenues to gain an edge in conditioning.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:36 PM ^
That is crazy. Thanks for the diversion.
BTW, might want to label this OT.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:43 PM ^
Seemed implied.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:49 PM ^
Don't assume anything. I figured Tate was inflating a large helium balloon and was carried away by a light breeze. My heart sank at our prospects for the rest of the season.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:54 PM ^
rich rod said to stop leaking our trick plays on blogs.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:37 PM ^
Not good. How do you rescue someone from a balloon like that?
October 15th, 2009 at 3:38 PM ^
Doesn't sound like there was anyone in it.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:39 PM ^
The balloon just landed and the six-year old boy was not in it. This does not look like a good ending.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:57 PM ^
The boy could have just set the balloon adrift and then hid in the barn? Here's hoping.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:05 PM ^
Wow. That is crazy. I hope that kid is okay.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:08 PM ^
"Wife Mayumi (43) and storm scientist Richard (45) take their three kids, Bradford (8), Ryo (7) and Falcon (5), out of school to go on storm chasing missions to prove Richard's theories about magnetic fields and gravity. If conditions are right, Mayumi wakes her family by shouting "Storm Approaching, Storm Approaching!" into a bullhorn. The family sleep in their clothes so they can leap out of bed and into the storm-mobile. Richard calls Mayumi his 'ninja wife'; she maintains equipment, drives the storm-mobile, films tornadoes and waits with the kids while Richard jumps on his motorbike, heads into the eye of the storm and launches rockets to measure magnetic forces. At home the family are as chaotic as a twister: the kids have no table manners and throw themselves around the house, and while Richard devotes every moment to his research, he expects Mayumi to cook, clean and run the house without any help."
October 15th, 2009 at 5:40 PM ^
"The family sleep in their clothes so they can leap out of bed and into the storm-mobile." America, what a country! Unbelievable.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:59 PM ^
their three kids, Bradford (8), Ryo (7) and Falcon (5)
I'm not sure I've ever encountered such radically different birth names given by the same two parents.
I really hope Falcon becomes a D-1 quarterback, a bounty hunter, or a member of the next A Team. "UPS guy Falcon" sounds like a terrible waste of potential.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:05 PM ^
At this point, I just hope Falcon is alive
October 15th, 2009 at 6:08 PM ^
He has remained in my wife's and my prayers throughout the day. We're with you!
October 15th, 2009 at 4:06 PM ^
this is the kid. his parents were on wife swap too. i hope the kid is ok. but his parents sound like huge ass holes. you need to keep your kids away from your crazy giant flying helium balloon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo&feature=player_embedded#
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/falcon-heene-balloon-boy_n_322…
October 15th, 2009 at 4:39 PM ^
That Youtube video is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in a while. It certainly clears up the "How could his parents allow this to happen?" questions. Hope he's okay, though.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:17 PM ^
I hope the little guy is okay and just hiding somewhere after he let Dad's balloon go flying away. Oof.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:43 PM ^
Yes, this is unrelated but starting a whole new post seemed a bit much.
A justice of the peace in Louisiana refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. Sometimes I can't believe I live here.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BBNUJ80&show_article=1
October 16th, 2009 at 9:05 AM ^
them good ole' boys in SEC country. He is probably good friends with Dandy Don.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:50 PM ^
Now they're saying there was a box attached to the bottom of the balloon that wasn't there when it landed.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:24 PM ^
Thanks for playing.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:05 PM ^
Yes, along with the holocaust and Pearl Harbor.
9/11 was real though.
[this is a joke for anyone who is numb to the world]
October 15th, 2009 at 6:12 PM ^
boy was in the garage the whole time. gg
October 15th, 2009 at 6:51 PM ^
Those parents better get hit with a huge bill for all the state resources that were wasted due to their irresponsibility.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:54 PM ^
As a soon to be parent. I think my first response will be Look in the house. Not "My son is floating away in my big ass balloon."
October 15th, 2009 at 7:48 PM ^
... I bet Cheney would have issued a shootdown order.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:08 PM ^
when i heard he was in the attic the whole time i just burst out laughing! maybe check the garage first instead of automatically assuming he's in the balloon?
Don't they know what happens when you assume?
October 15th, 2009 at 8:32 PM ^
i bet $1 that the kids made it up as a joke
October 15th, 2009 at 10:21 PM ^
OK the kid is safe, BUT did anyone think of Joe Dirt flying around in the giant Molar ?
October 15th, 2009 at 11:24 PM ^
Pretty sure this is just from an episode of Malcolm in the Middle.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:02 AM ^
missed it
October 16th, 2009 at 12:06 AM ^
Yeah, I think they made this whole thing up. The parents seem like a bunch of attention whores. The kid says they did it for the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A
The parents then are "appalled" that cnn would ask what on earth he meant by that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtFXtiUbbw
Dude sounded like he was trying his best to avoid answering.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:16 AM ^
This was some high drama for a while today. My wife, and mother of my children, was really upset about the notion of a six year old boy trapped in a UFO balloon. I quickly assured her that would never happen in my yard. A.) I doubt I would possess a simulated UFO toy, B.) if it presented even the most remote danger to my kids, it would not be left attended/untethered.
(PS Who in their right mind own this, leaves a gas filled balloon object unattended in their yard. ?)
This was of course before the Wife Swap stuff came out. Once I heard of that, the cynic in me suspected the drama and the Reality Show was more than a mere coincidence.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:47 AM ^
These parents are seriously fucked up. But... they will end up with their own reality-show out of this, mark it down.
Fucked up attention grabbing pimp parents put their little darlings up to these stunts to get attention and money. Their history of being on a reality show and the punky vulgar rap video show that this is just a pattern of narcissistic behavior that these parents are setting for the soon to be little brats.
This is the next Kate+8 or whatever that show is called.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:16 AM ^
And people would watch
October 16th, 2009 at 12:19 PM ^
I just had about an hour conversation with the Pastor from Goodrich, MI, who participated in Wife Swap. HIs wife went to live with an Atheist Radio Talk Show Host in Georgia. He was unpleased with the UFO stunt. He also was amazed at the amount of editing utilized to create a "Reality" show.