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Hungary3932 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:50 hixhix wrote: Why are they all talking about how the boy would have fallen somewhere? Did they search his house and confirm that it wasnt the joke ? I think it would have been the only reasonable thing to do, but I'm sure they are re-checking every corner now... | ||
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Shivaz
Canada1783 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:50 hixhix wrote: Why are they all talking about how the boy would have fallen somewhere? Did they search his house and confirm that it wasnt the joke ? Ya they said the boy is not home right now and there were some reports of something falling out of the ballon at one point. | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:49 sixghost wrote: What do you mean? He either was never in the thing, or he fell out of it and is very very dead. http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffallers.html There are many cases of people surviving 20,000+ foot falls, i'm assuming 8000 feet would be possible but not probable. | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:52 ghermination wrote: http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffallers.html There are many cases of people surviving 20,000+ foot falls, i'm assuming 8000 feet would be possible but not probable. Yeah but Falcon is SIX YEARS OLD. | ||
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Tsagacity
United States2124 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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538
Hungary3932 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:52 ghermination wrote: http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffallers.html There are many cases of people surviving 20,000+ foot falls, i'm assuming 8000 feet would be possible but not probable. I think a 6-year-old boy's body is necessarily more susceptible to any kind of damage caused by an impact then that of an adults. But here's to hoping. Actually lets hope he's just hiding... | ||
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dangots0ul
United States919 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32159 Posts
Young little buggers have amazingly resilient bodies, ever see how flexible they are? | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:54 538 wrote: I think a 6-year-old boy's body is necessarily more susceptible to any kind of damage caused by an impact then that of an adults. But here's to hoping. Actually lets hope he's just hiding... I'm thinking more mathematically about it. Obviously it's not like he would walk out of that fall but the terminal velocity of a 45 pound 6 year old is quite a bit less than that of a 200 pound man. With drag caused by his clothes he would probably only fall at around (doing math...) 3.45 - 3.7525 feet per second, which is about 2.5 miles per hour. He would probably move faster through the rarified air at that altitude but would slow down to around that speed when he got closer to the ground. | ||
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Tsagacity
United States2124 Posts
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
all depends on how and where he landed. | ||
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Smokin_Squirrel
Korea (South)674 Posts
 I hope the sibling wasn't pranking. That would be such a disappointing twist. | ||
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538
Hungary3932 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:58 Smokin_Squirrel wrote:I hope the sibling wasn't pranking. That would be such a disappointing twist. ... come again? | ||
KizZBG
u gotta skate8152 Posts
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:58 Smokin_Squirrel wrote: This story is getting so interesting I hope the sibling wasn't pranking. That would be such a disappointing twist. Definitely. It would be much better if he was smashed into several thousand small pieces after falling through the air - oh and also he'd been asphyxiated by the helium in the balloon before he ever fell out. Don't you just love happy endings? | ||
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dangots0ul
United States919 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:58 Smokin_Squirrel wrote: This story is getting so interesting I hope the sibling wasn't pranking. That would be such a disappointing twist. maybe so. but you gotta pull for it man. i really really hope they were pranking or he survived. but the helium thing they are talking about it... good point. kid may have dead and then fallen out.. door wasn't locked and that shit is spinning and going 30 mph | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:59 dangots0ul wrote: maybe so. but you gotta pull for it man. i really really hope they were pranking or he survived. but the helium thing they are talking about it... good point. kid may have dead and then fallen out.. door wasn't locked and that shit is spinning and going 30 mph Then why was the door still shut. Also I would think air would flood into the balloon and it would have landed earlier. | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
On October 16 2009 04:59 ghermination wrote: Definitely. It would be much better if he was smashed into several thousand small pieces after falling through the air - oh and also he'd been asphyxiated by the helium in the balloon before he ever fell out. Don't you just love happy endings? No a good ending would be that he fell out and managed to crawl back home after breaking both his legs. | ||
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SnowFantasy
4173 Posts
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/falcon-heene-balloon-boy_n_322736.html poor guy  | ||
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