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[Breaking News] Boy Floats away in a Balloon

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Stack24, Oct 15, 2009.

  1. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    There are mooring lines on the side, they could parachute into it and grab those lines and drag it down with them.....

    DD
     
  2. Blurr#7

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    Looks that way......it also looks like it lost some elevation.
     
  3. Stack24

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    Looks like one side is starting to deflate.
     
  4. GRENDEL

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    Whatever they are going to do they better do it soon because it doesn't look like tha tthing can stay airbourne much longer
     
  5. Blake

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    still at 6500 feet
     
  6. Blurr#7

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    That thing is coming down!!
     
  7. DaDakota

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    The idiot talking about the kid not being there because it would be stable is competely wrong.

    Because they kid would not be in the MIDDLE of the basket, he would be on one of the edges and cause it to be sideways.

    DD
     
  8. Joshfast

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    crap, that thing is looking very unstable, losing helium quickly...
     
  9. professorjay

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    It would be fascinating to sit in on the group that's been assigned to rescue. I can't imagine the ideas flying around right now (no pun intended).
     
  10. justtxyank

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    So they are saying he's not in it now?
     
  11. Al Calavicci

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    This is getting really scary...that thing looks like it's falling apart.
     
  12. Al Calavicci

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    If he's not in it he's dead...so we are hoping he is.
     
  13. dianap07

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    im watching now. kinda nervous
     
  14. justtxyank

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    Wouldn't he likely die when that thing smashes into the ground?
     
  15. RedRowdy111

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    WTH...any update?
     
  16. RunninRaven

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    That's what I was thinking. If they wait until it comes down due to deflation...he could get really hurt or die just from the crash. Hell, it might fly into some power lines depending on where it comes down. They are going to have to find a way to get control of that thing fast or the kid doesn't have much of a chance.
     
  17. mrdave543

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    Officials were concerned that a boy who drifted away from his parents' Fort Collins, Colorado, home in an experimental helium balloon may already have fallen out of the craft, an undersheriff said

    hopefully hes still in there.....and can land safely somehow.
     
  18. Fyreball

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    Any news???
     
  19. Al Calavicci

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    Yeah but there's at least a chance it could float down to the earth safely. Or that the national guard or whatever could do something.

    But if he fell out when it was high up he is most assuredly dead.
     
  20. Stack24

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    How come the just don't chase it down with like a coast guard chopper and lower down someone to hook it to the chopper?
     

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