Balloon boy hoax

I have to say I sat rooted to my seat watching the events unfold during this story, worried sick about a little boy possibly flying willy-nilly in a shabbily crafted air balloon that was about to crash at great speed. Then when I heard that the little boy had potentially fallen out of the balloon before it landed, I was sick with worry that he was alone, hurt and afraid. As the story unfolded, and it became clear that this was possibly a hoax, all the brainchild of the father and blamed on the child, I became angry. I was angry that so many of the community's resources were wasted on something so unnecessary, something that was all for publicity. Folks, we have enough going on in our society that needs reform and publicity and outrage, and this father comes along to continue to his 15 minutes of fame. As if being on Wife Swap, TWICE, wasn't enough! We have serious problems in our world, and I am so angry that this father wasted our time and energy when we have serious problems to solve.

This is one of those occasions that I think the child should be removed from the home!!! The mother has the look of a battered wife. The children are being taught that is OK to lie in order to get what they want. They have already been in 2 reality shows. What did they do with the money they earned from them??? I know desperate times call for desperate measures, but this is ridiculous!!! Plus the daddy is so freaking arrogant.

I too was hoping the little boy was okay. This event is getting quite a bit of media attention, I know that everyone is presummed innocent until proven guilty, but if his dad did this intentionally then he should be prosecuted for it. Alot of people were involved in the effort to rescue the boy and fell victim to this hoax .

My son and I were discussing it. We both agreed that at the age of six he would have actually been on that balloon. In fact, he would have been standing on top of it as it was floating through the air. He was half the size of that kid when he was six. He was also a total daredevil and even scared a motorcycle driving tough guy. LOL I think whatever they can get this guy and his wife on they should. I'd be going through all the possible charges to throw at him.

I was very worried about the boy. I have to say I was concerned for his safety right off the bat. When I heard the news the next day that he was found in the attic I was baffled. I could not understand why they would pull such a publicity stunt.

Throw the book at em, an take the kids too, the stress they are putting on Falcon by making him lie, it's sickening.

hi dragon54u yes I got really caught up in this worrying that the boy would be killed, now it seems just a publicity 'stunt and the kid gave away the parent's part in this so the parents could get a big fine or worse. they should be ashamed using that little boy that way. that is sure rotten parenting, to make the kid hide and all. Shame on them both.

i prayed for him. i think that this is just sad. i don't get the parents in this story. they are suppose to be teaching their kids right from wrong and here they are getting them to lie. when it first camed out that the whole thing was made up i didn't want to beleive it, but then once it was confirmed i was angry and a little sad. i don't see how anyone could drag their own kids into something like this, then to have them on national tv. i mean what was the parents thinking? i know if anything were to happen to any of my kids like that the first thing i would have done was call 911, and not some news station. then to have them up there saying that they ( the parents ) didn't make up anything was just crazy, i mean they couldn't remember 9 1 1 but had a news station number down pack. this is a sad story.

In all honesty, I don't think the father has any more common sense then his children. I strongly believe the parents of the boy should be penalized for filing a false emergency report with 911. It was a waste of time, energy, effort, and most importantly it was a waste of taxpayers money for the ambulances, and police to have to run all over just to rescue a boy who didn't need to rescued at all. The parents should be fined and serve jail time for the Hoax they caused.

I knew it was a hoax when they said the family appeared on Wife Swap. The other family that appeared on the show with them had the same gut feeling. It's a shame. A lot of people were worried about the boy. Little children get kidnapped all across the United States and is no joking matter. I hope the family is severely punished.

ya that will be most scary incident, i worried for the little boy.. my friends ask me to forward that mail to atlest 10 , but i forwars to as many as posisble .. we need to do atlest these type of works..

I resent what his father did. He did not think of the consequences of his actions. His son will forever be known as the "balloon boy". What a pity!