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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/18205848/index.html
I was sure it was a joke or hoax. I hope this kid is ok and this is a publicity stunt by his whackjob parents.
Looks like someone snapped a pic at 11:20am local time as it was taking off. There is no separate box, the cylindrical 'stalk' under the disc is the compartment, which was cylindrical and made of plywood. It got crushed somewhere along the route. It cleared 15,000 feet. Double shit.
Aaand I'm blubbing like a six year old.
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Date: 2009-10-15 09:05 pm (UTC)"She ... said his parents are 'very traumatized.'"
Traumatized can't even skim the surface of what his parents are feeling right now, I'm sure. And the brothers who saw him climb into the box? Oh, god, can you imagine the guilt?
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Date: 2009-10-15 09:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-15 09:13 pm (UTC)Last i heard the balloon landed in a field but no sign of kiddo.
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Date: 2009-10-15 11:41 pm (UTC)turns out the kid's kooky parents have been on the bottom-of-the-barrel reality tv show 'wife swap' not once but twice...surely will be on youtube soon if not already
a local weatherman (this is all like within 30 miles of me) is currently explaining how the family's "weather balloon" is ridiculous/poorly designed/entirely inappropriate
of course the internet outrage/hilarity over the boy being home the whole time is legendary
all in all...fun stuff on a slow news day!
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Date: 2009-10-15 11:59 pm (UTC)Someone punted away their Best Parents '09 award, though.
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Date: 2009-10-16 01:13 am (UTC)