On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:24:06 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
wrote:

On Mar 18, 5:25*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:20:08 -0700 (PDT), Harry K





wrote:
On Mar 18, 7:41*am, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:36:05 -0700 (PDT), Harry K

wrote:

Really OT but on subject of press 'buying into stories'. *Balloon Boy
is a fine example. *They bought the story of the kid being in there
and that went on for hours and hours. *Not once, not nobody, even
mentioned that had the kid been in there he was dead. *You cannot
breath a helium atmosphere and live.

I don't recall that anyone ever reported that he was inside the helium
filled envelope. There was a small "box" on the underside.

Only one of the kids at the beginning, daddy and mommy a couple
times. *The original 911 call was 'kid in the baloon'

No, there was no 'box' attached. *There was one unconfirmed report
that someone had "seen" one but Daddy never confirmed nor denied that
there was one. *There was also the report that someone had seen the
kid fall out of the thing. *Also uncofirmed and proven false.

At the end, when they found the baloon, therewas no "box" attached.

Harry K

The balloon, complete with box was shown repeatedly on television. It
was never alleged by anybody that the kid was in the envelope. He had
supposedly been yelled at previously for playing inside the box under
the balloon.

Oh, look!

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/10/16/...boy-presser-42...

...and here's a picture of the balloon as it landed, with the box
still attached to the bottom:

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Better look again. That is not a "box", it is part of the balloon.

It's covered in mylar like the balloon is, or is made of, but it's
definitely a box.

News reports all day were full of "in" the baloon and you must have
missed the shots of the cops frantically slashing at it looking for
the kid.

If they slashed the balloon itself it's because he wasn't in the box
when they thought he was so they were looking everywhere. In a hot
air balloon, one can crawl into the balloon part, especially when the
flame is off or after it lands.

The "box" report was of someone sayting the saw a 'box' or 'car'
_suspended_ from the baloon.

There are always two usages of "in the balloon". One considers the
entire contraption the balloon and "in the balloon" means in the
basket under the balloon. That's what the meaning is here.

The other refers to the part that holds the hot air, in a hot air
balloon. And in a helium balloon, it refers to the rubber or mylar
balloon, and no one goes into that. It's entrance is probably less
than an inch wide. Even for a 6'foot diameter balloon or bigger the
opening is only an inch or less. But the cops were desperate and
maybe there were multiple rubber balloons and they thought it
possibley he could have slid in between two of them. Are they
supposed to look only in the basket and then say, "I guess he's not
here."



Harry K