Ten years ago yesterday, the balloon boy hoax. A man in colorado made a bogus 911 call, claiming his 6yearold son climbed into a weather balloon and flew away. My 6yearold boy, he got inside and it took off. Wheres he at . Hes in the air. Hes in the air . Yeah. Hes only, hes only 6. Jimmy turned out, the fact that the kid was only 6 was the only true part of the call. At first everyone was panicked. It made no sense. Theres no way balloon like that could lift a 60pound kid. They closed down airports in denver. The kid was in the attic. Turns out his father told him to hide in the attic so he could play dumb about the balloon stunt, get a ton of coverage and hopefully a reality show out of it. Unfortunately, for richard heeny, his son spilled the beans. Did you hear us calling us didnt . Mmhm. Why didnt you come out . You said that we did this for a show. No. Jimmy so richard heeny held a press conference to say it wasnt a hoax. Could you just say once and for all, was this some sort of
Children tranned pped in wells, ten years ago yesterday, the balloon boy hoax. A man in colorado made a bogus 911 call, claiming his 6yearold son climbed into a weather balloon and flew away. My 6yearold boy, he got inside and it took off. Wheres he at . Hes in the air. Hes in the air . Yeah. Hes only, hes only 6. Jimmy turned out, the fact that the kid was only 6 was the only true part of the call. At first everyone was panicked. It made no sense. Theres no way balloon like that could lift a 60pound kid. They closed down airports in denver. The kid was in the attic. Turns out his father told him to hide in the attic so he could play dumb about the balloon stunt, get a ton of coverage and hopefully a reality show out of it. Unfortunately, for richard heeny, his son spilled the beans. Did you hear us calling us didnt . Mmhm. Why didnt you come out . You said that we did this for a show. No. Jimmy so richard heeny held a press conference to say it wasnt a hoax. Could you just say once an