tonight, real live pet detectives. animals to the rescues. cracking cold cases, saving lives. tonight, animal csi. jack hanna, his show animals into the wild. and with him, his special sergeant joe friday. tell me all about sergeant joe friday. he s a 9 1/2-year-old german shephe shepherd. we both retired. he has a work ethic and wants to go work when it s really not the correct time for him. he still wants to go to work. like when you re having your morning coffee? we patrol the marina. he likes that. how did you get into police dogs? i realized i needed something else to do besides just patrol work, so i started the canine unit. and right now it s we re up to five dogs and can t believe where it s gotten to so far. we ve done a lot of competition, found lost children and catching the bad guys. what are sergeant friday s specialties? specialties are his nose. and he can track scents that have been long gone. tracked a missing child who went away for a big
tonight, live, colorado, the whole country on pins and needles. a little 6-year-old boy s life hanging in the balance and a beautiful silver space-like balloon soaring through the clouds. police, sheriffs, national guards, volunteers, the faa, even a whole airport and commercial carriers trying to save the life of a 6-year-old boy whose brothers and parents say is trapped inside that homemade balloon. eyewitness reports something or someone falls thousands of feet to rough terrain. after 60 miles of terror, the balloon lands. no boy. was he dead? was he injured? was he lying down a ravine with every bone in his body broken? no, he was hiding in the family attic the whole time blurting out on national of course it was all, quote, for the show. not one but two morning shows that same boy so nervous he vomits when asked a question. breaking tonight, a stunning confession blows this case wide open. we learn the mom confesses to police it was a hoax from the get-go. the hen anhenn