Supposedly, the balloon was tethered in the family’s backyard. The neighbor reports that the two brothers were up on the roof with cameras and that they obviously believed that their brother was inside the balloon.
That sheds some light on this, I think. Maybe they talked their baby brother into the balloon, untied it, and got out their cameras to see what happened.
Someone pops off with the comment, "Was anyone in the balloon" and the guy 10 feet away says, "Oh my God, someone is in the balloon" and the next thing ya know, "A missing 6 year old in in the balloon." lol...
Maybe they talked their baby brother into the balloon, untied it, and got out their cameras to see what happened.
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Well they were on the TV show Wife Swap, so they were familiar with video and publicity. I hope that kid is OK and becomes a great Scientist and Explorer or Space.
maybe this was already posted.....I would not be surprised if this family set this all up for the media...
Let the baloon go up, no kid inside, then call the media and police.
What terrific PR for his “research”.