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6 Year Old Hot Air Balloon
A six year old boy allegedly climbed into a hot air balloon on October 15, 2009 and was thought to be floating over northern Colorado. It was later revealed that the child was Falcon Heene, and he was not in the balloon after all -- his... [more]
A six year old boy allegedly climbed into a hot air balloon on October 15, 2009 and was thought to be floating over northern Colorado. It was later revealed that the child was Falcon Heene, and he was not in the balloon after all -- his parents had fabricated the story so they might land a reality TV show. Find more information about the 6 year old in the hot air balloon here.
In response to the boy-in-a-hot-air-balloon fiasco of last week, SFGate has a story about a contractor in Marin who really did get whisked off by a hot air balloon 45 years ago. In 1964, (Dan) Nowell was a skinny 11-year-old who volunteered to help launch a hot air balloon in Mill Valley. But when the balloon abruptly lifted off, his fingers became entangled in the rope. As a horrified crowd of 200 spectators watched, the sixth-grader from...
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