High Anxiety: Loose-balloon tale ends up as hot air
Boy said to be aboard found at home
Posted: October 16, 2009 at 4:48 a.m.
Would-be rescuers stand around the downed balloon Thursday in a field near Fort Collins, Colo.
A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family’s garage attic Thursday after it was feared that he was aboard a loose homemade helium balloon that traveled 50 miles across two counties, a two-hour flight covered live on national television.
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