It was the news which greeted most of us us, and gripped the nation all day today, preventing work from being accomplished for many stay-at-home workers, and long
prayer vigils for those so inclined. At Fort Collins, Colorado, six-year-old, Falcon Heene could be anywhere, and it didn’t sound good. Falcon’s brother said he’d climbed aboard a home made ‘weather balloon’ earlier, which was tracked as
high as 10,000 feet, and was now sporting a rip in the fabric. By the time most people were finally clued into the details, the drama was winding to a close, though it doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that this family will remain in the eye of the media, one way or another.
The balloon had been built by the child’s father, and tethered on their property. Most recently, Mr. Heene was televised making one woman very happy as she reached the end of her stay with him and his “free spirited” boys, on the reality show ‘Wife Swap’.. Who else but the self proclaimed storm chaser and inventor,would build a ‘weather balloon’ with child size doors in the bottom, and a minature
basket.
Six year old Falcon had a ‘me day’in the attic while search and rescue competed with police to retrieve his balloon, and neither he nor his fibbing brother seem in any danger of a harsh talking to by dear old dad, while the word hoax is now being heard in the land. If that is the case, I hope Mr. Inventor pays for all of
the police and rescue people who wasted a day, the rest of us would have found some other way to do it.