http://m.denverpost.com/denverpost/db_21611/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=KwFVAvRP&src=cat

Your link isn't working for me, but I assume you mean this?  http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html

Craziness. Shoulda kept that balloon in a shed, or something.

On the other hand, when the kid gets older this is going to be the Best Story Ever.

both links working for.
I they find him safe it will be a great story to tell his friends about.

Hm...

Link works for me now, too. Didn't earlier.

doh empty basket

hopefully this is a hoax.... and not that the kid fell/jumped out

Well, from what I heard the balloon's door was closed, and would have been open if he'd fell out.

Now they just need to find the kid.

Lots of police out in Boulder late this morning...more than the norm.  All I can assume is that they too were looking for the balloon and the boy.  (Unless they were dealing with another Boulder Creek "resident" issue.)  

"The structure at the bottom of the balloon that the boy is in is made of extremely thin plywood and won't withstand any kind of a crash at all..."

It makes me sick to my stomach for the boy and his family.  

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

saw it live on the news..... it came down rather softly. not really much of a crash.

But still no kid.
Feel sorry for the family but I think I would have secured the balloon a little better and/or kept a better eye on the boy.

I bet the kid let it go by accident, and is hiding because dad is gonna spank his ass.

Gawd I hope he's hiding.  For the benefit of knowing he's ok. 

Big deal if he and his brother decided to ditch the hot-pocket breakfast and go play outside by dad's new balloon before school.

I swear I could never be a parent.  I get anxiety over my nieces and nephews a thousand miles away.  Can't imagine the parental anxiety.

It was just announced that the boy is alive and at the parent's house.

Quote from: Randimus Maximus on October 15, 2009, 02:12:20 PM
It was just announced that the boy is alive and at the parent's house.

good news indeed...

but boy he's in deep shit.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy was found in his home after a massive search. The boy was first believed aboard a helium balloon. LIVE VIDEO:7News Coverage

"He's at the house and he's fine," said Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, shortly after 4 p.m. "He was hiding in a cardboard box in the attic above the garage."