Crazy stuff, huh? When I first heard about the story by word of mouth, I pictured a lawn chair with many clusters of colored helium balloons tied to it. I always wanted to try that as a kid.
Then as I saw live coverage on the Internet, I could see anyone would be terrified to be in that silver balloon contraption or think someone might be in it. I'm glad the little boy is safe. The dad reminds me of the guy on public tv that's all about super healthy foods - they both have the same hair cut. Here's an except from our fine local newspaper: ------ begin newspaper snippet ------------------ "Balloon boy" dad says he'll answer questions later today; asks media to put questions in a box on front porch BY NATE TAYLOR • [email protected] • OCTOBER 17, 2009 The "big announcement" the Heene family said they had for the world this morning turned out to be no announcement at all. Shortly after 10 a.m.,Richard Heene, the father of the now famous "balloon boy" from Fort Collins, walked out of his home to address the media and said he would like questions for he and his family to be placed in a card board box. Heene said he would come back outside at 7:30 tonight to answer the questions. He answered only one question about whether his son Falcon's disappearance on Thursday was a hoax. "This was absolutely not a hoax," Heene said. "I want your questions in the box." Heene placed the box on his front porch before walking back inside. Heene also said his family doesn’t have cable TV and doesn’t know what is being said about them in the media. He added he wants time to review the questions before speaking with the media again. As Heene walked back to his house, several members of the media shouted questions that he didn’t answer. One reporter yelled, “Screw you!” But reporters began to immediately write questions and put them back in the box. The media and television trucks continue to fill the Heenes’ southeast Fort Collins neighborhood. The reporters include members of the media from Brazil and Australia. Onlookers also held up signs. One said: “Put Balloon Boy on TV: America’s Most Wanted.” The other, featuring a poorly-drawn flying saucer read: “10/15/09 We will never forget.” Investigators from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office are expected to interview members of the Heene family again today. The Coloradoan will cover the 7:30 p.m. press conference and post details from it. Check back to www.coloradoan.com for more information. ------ end newspaper snippet ------------------ Question for the Headz: What would Mike's sign say? On Oct 16, 9:09 am, Eidem <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah! What the hell's going on there, Jill? I keep hearing things > about Fort Collins. What's up with that? > > I think we're going to find out that there's something fishy going on > with Balloon Boy. Maybe a stunt that just went too far. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/michaellenz?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
