What did channel 9 news Denver report about the balloon boy?”
Family of balloon boy featured on `Wife Swap’ * Story * Discussion DAVID BAUDER | Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:05 pm | (0) Comments Font Size: Default font size Larger font size The family of a 6-year-old boy who set off a nationally televised scramble when he was thought to be in a balloon over Colorado has been featured twice in the ABC show “Wife Swap.” Falcon, the son of Richard and Mayumi Heene of Fort Collins, Colo., was found hiding in a cardboard box in his garage attic. Television viewers knew Falcon’s family from “Wife Swap,” where they last appeared in March after fans of the show voted to have them featured again in its 100th episode. In “Wife Swap,” two mothers trade places for a few weeks. Producers try to match families with wildly different attitudes and lifestyles to see if sparks fly. When they first appeared last fall, the Heenes were described as storm chasers who lived on the edge and were matched with a Connecticut family whose father had a child-proofing
LARIMER COUNTY – A family will not face criminal or financial charges after a massive search through northern Colorado for a 6-year-old boy who they believed got inside an experimental aircraft at his Fort Collins home and took off. It was later discovered he was hiding in the attic the entire time. Advertisement “He says he’s hiding in the attic because I yelled at him, and I’m really sorry I yelled at him,” Richard Heene said as he held his son, Falcon Heene, in his arms and gave him a big hug on Thursday afternoon. “He scared the heck out of us.” “It was a miracle to see him,” his mother, Mayumi Heene, said. Falcon had apparently hid inside a box in the home. At times he played with toys and at other times he took a nap. He came down after about five hours. While he was missing, the entire nation watched as the experimental aircraft, which is a type of balloon filled with helium, traveled for 50 miles at heights of 15,000 feet going 20-25 mph. The aircraft was dome-shaped, 20 feet i
A 6-year-old boy, who was feared adrift in a wayward homemade helium balloon, was found safe in his home after a massive search Thursday afternoon. The discovery ended a nerve-racking four-hour chase and hunt that began because authorities and family members believed that Falcon Heene accidentally lifted off in the family’s silver saucer-shaped weather balloon when it became untethered from their Fort Collins back yard.
