Boy, 6, said to have floated off in homemade hellium balloon found safe at his Colorado home

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family’s garage Thursday after being feared aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky on live television.

6-year-old boy feared floating away aboard homemade balloon found safe at Colorado home

_46558212_-6Boy feared floating away in homemade balloon found

Family of boy in Colorado who was thought to be in balloon featured twice on ABC’s ‘Wife Swap’

NEW YORK — 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.”

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  • jenniferblythe_ helium balloon: $10. police search: $50 000. managing to make it onto world news without leaving home: priceless. balloon boy is my hero.
  • baby_mernimbler wish people would stop going on about this flippin helium balloon, yes everyone was very excited and it was a let down, no pun intended!
  • Borbonzorz they dont even look like they could afford or make that helium balloon; i dont know the ins and outs, but im not daft.
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  • timewaIk How does the US Government not figure out, you can't put a 6 year old, below a helium balloon that cant even support it's own weight??
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  • DougieHarrower Trouble is, if their son does fly away in a tiny little helium balloon anytime in the future, nobody will believe them.

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