This is such crap... who cares about balloon boy or his family?
They broke the law. They need to be prosecuted.
Actually- it’s a fairly interesting story. It illustrates pretty well what the culture at large looks like...
The hundreds of people professionally involved in the rescue and search for the boy, the people that pay for those professionals, anyone possibly endangered by these safety professionals being diverted to this, and then people like me that believe that staging a publicity stunt that ties up public safety personnel and wastes tens of thousands of dollars of public money warrants prosecution.
Other than them you're right, nobody cares.
We surely need to care about the children being exploited by this father. He seems to have no problem endangering their lives.