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To: BuckeyeTexan

It is a helium balloon. Helium will leak slowly, but they don’t know how long it will take to come down on its own.


147 posted on 10/15/2009 12:14:18 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

They believe the balloon is at 8K ft. The plywood base on which the boy is sitting is very thin and not designed to withstand impact. The balloon was not intended to fly.


213 posted on 10/15/2009 12:20:54 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
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