http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/


I can't say anything right now about this without coming off extremely judgemental.

yeah--there's another thread on this right now with folks making some real fun comments...grrr...hope the kid is safe, bc that's all that matters right now...

No kid in balloon sooo no story ;)

I've been watching it, there is no kid inside. HOpe he is ok. That parents are going to pay out big time for all the resources used to help this kid. But where the hell is he...

so it sounds like dad was making an experimental balloon and the kid snuck into it and untied to ropes

sounds like just an accident and a precocious kid

although I'm sure someone will try to make it all a case of child abuse

I just read that the balloon landed and there was no one in it

thank goodness *whew*

Wheres the kid? Thats the story

Exactly! The link I posted stated something to the effect that the child may have fallen out!!! So where the hell is he?

And I also agree it is a very sad accident, not a case of abuse or neglect, though I have to admit that initially my first reaction was how the hell can yuo elave your child unsupervised, etc etc etc. Thats why I couldnt comment at first without coming off jdgemental.

The father is a storm chaser, you'd think he would have been more cautious, not leaving any way for those kids to get in it. I don't know if it could be considered child abuse, but certainly negligence, no?

I am sure they will be charge financially for the output of resources, maybe not. Just heard they participated in a reality show wife swap, though what the hell that has to do with it, unless it's a scam he's pulling.

thats hillarious......He's in so much shi#t! someone said they thought they saw something fall out of it. I hope not. Hope he's just hiding. I'm going to say it- Bad Parenting.

Yeah he could have fell out before they got it on camera

I believe you are correct

IMO the parents didn't watch the child (where ever he is)

I hope the child is safe

kids will do just about anything to get high these days

Let me make one thing very clear to everybody who wants to claim it was anything other than a very sad accident, without having any facts. It is physically impossible to keep an eye on a 6 year old child every last second of the day, non-stop. I canthink of any number of ways the child could have done this without it being a case of negligence on the parents part.

One example only. Mom is cooking dinner int he kitchen, unable to see the backyard (or wherever the balloon is). dad was with kid working on balloon but took kid in the house while he ran to use the bathroom. While dad is in bathroom and mom cooking dinner, 6 year old sneaks back outside to play with the BALLOON. Something that big would only need seconds, less than a minute to be out of reach of anyone on the ground.

Some people need to grow up and realize that there is such a thing as an accident, no matter how sad or terrible it is, and not try to automatically blame somebody for what is an accident.

I hope to God that they found the kid.

the dad is a meteorologist and apparently the kid helped the dad build it for weather tracking and was well aware that it wasn't built to carry passengers.

I have a feeling the kid was never on it in the first place. at least I'm hoping

daniel...you are correct that no one can watch a child 24/7

my even in the cases said....take the dad using the bathroom...the dad could tell mom where the child is. but it would take more than a second out of sight to (if he was in the balloon) climb into the balloon basket and set it loose. or if he wasn't...set it loose then hide. I would think the balloon would have to be tied down somewhat secure or it would blow away which would take some time to loosen it

we may not know what happened either way until later. no one really knows what happened and can only speculate on things.

I'd have made damn sure it was tethered completely out of reach of the kids. These are small kids, one would think he would have taken more thought to securing it.

I do feel for them though, I would not want to be thinking how something I did was the cause of my kids death. I am hoping he was able to jump out before it took flight, just hoping he is not injured somewhere... ugh I would not want to be them right now.

Between the CNN reports and Channel 7 news in Colorado. It appears the object that fell from the balloon was a battery box. There was no breach in the basket so the police are presently assuming the boy was never in the box though continuing the search just in case.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21306839/detail.html