• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 04:31
CET 09:31
KST 17:31
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy7ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises2Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool42Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win42026 KungFu Cup Announcement6BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw? How to Choose the Right KYC Partner for Your Proje Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2)
Tourneys
World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament WardiTV Team League Season 10 KSL Week 87
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat Mutation # 516 Specter of Death
Brood War
General
ASL21 General Discussion Soulkey's decision to leave C9 BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ JaeDong's form before ASL [ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group B [ASL21] Ro24 Group A ASL Season 21 LIVESTREAM with English Commentary [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile Dawn of War IV
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine YouTube Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Cricket [SPORT] Formula 1 Discussion Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2853 users

Colorado boy floats away in Balloon

Forum Index > General Forum
Post a Reply
1 2 3 4 5 11 12 13 Next All
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 15 2009 19:02 GMT
#1
Holy cow, hope nothing has happened to the kid.

[image loading]



Officials are trying to rescue a 6-year-old boy who climbed into a balloon-like experimental aircraft built by his parents and floated into the sky over eastern Colorado.


It's all over the news channels apparently the Balloon can go as high as 10,000ft and officials have no idea how to get it down.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
October 15 2009 19:05 GMT
#2
I'm watching this. So weird
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
October 15 2009 19:05 GMT
#3
Wasn't there a thread earlier that said you need like 100,000 balloons to lift a person into the sky?
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
Amber[LighT]
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States5078 Posts
October 15 2009 19:09 GMT
#4
just read this somewhere else lol.

"We have unfinished business, I and he."
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
October 15 2009 19:12 GMT
#5
This is fucking strange, and that's coming from me.
Chains none
Nylan
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States795 Posts
October 15 2009 19:13 GMT
#6
On October 16 2009 04:09 Amber[LighT] wrote:
just read this somewhere else lol.



Me as well. Now I won't be able to keep the comments straight.
BeSt/Pure/Canata/Calm - I believe in Doh Jae Wook
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
October 15 2009 19:17 GMT
#7
Ok, so somehow he got in the balloon and it just floated away? I bet the 'sibling' had something to do with it.
Chains none
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-15 19:20:50
October 15 2009 19:19 GMT
#8
great newz..for the networks. im mean.. this will keep them glued to the tv for at least two days.
if you really gave a damn you would go to colorado and help find the lad.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 15 2009 19:20 GMT
#9
Apparently the national guard is getting a chopper to see what they could do. Also when/if the thing deflates it will still crash, and apparently the plywood that child may be on is not strong enough to survive such an impact.

It is at 8,000ft right now.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
October 15 2009 19:23 GMT
#10
i was just going to make a thread about this.
I'm sure the kid is terrified as hell, i'm watching to see if he falls.-
U Gotta Skate.
AzureEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1360 Posts
October 15 2009 19:23 GMT
#11
On October 16 2009 04:17 LordWeird wrote:
Ok, so somehow he got in the balloon and it just floated away? I bet the 'sibling' had something to do with it.


The boy undid the ropes himself after he got in. No sibling involved.

I sound cruel but he sure learned his lesson
Terrans who whine: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=107788
hixhix
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
1156 Posts
October 15 2009 19:25 GMT
#12
Any live stream report about this? I cant find any. Thanks.
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
October 15 2009 19:25 GMT
#13
I just read this on CNN as well. Really strange in my opinion. O.o
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 15 2009 19:26 GMT
#14
On October 16 2009 04:25 hixhix wrote:
Any live stream report about this? I cant find any. Thanks.



http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1&iref=lb100
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-15 19:31:20
October 15 2009 19:28 GMT
#15
On October 16 2009 04:23 AzureEye wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2009 04:17 LordWeird wrote:
Ok, so somehow he got in the balloon and it just floated away? I bet the 'sibling' had something to do with it.


The boy undid the ropes himself after he got in. No sibling involved.

I sound cruel but he sure learned his lesson


Well the reports say there was a sibling who witnessed it. This kid just made the mistake that will likely cause him his life. Sorry for speculating, I just heard that there was a sibling present.

edit: Watching the thing spin and tilt like that makes me sad.
Chains none
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
October 15 2009 19:29 GMT
#16
oh wow. hope nothing bad happens.
iG.Aura
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Poland686 Posts
October 15 2009 19:32 GMT
#17
holy crap... id be so scared if that was me :S...

i really hope they can somehow save this kid
:-)
lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
October 15 2009 19:32 GMT
#18
this is crazy! its on every network =\ hope nothing happens to this kid..
where is the kid anyways? inside of it?
You can't fight the feeling.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 15 2009 19:34 GMT
#19
it looks like its about to land.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
October 15 2009 19:35 GMT
#20
Kid's name is Falcon. Fuck.
1 2 3 4 5 11 12 13 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 29m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nina 187
ProTech119
StarCraft: Brood War
firebathero 2222
Bisu 609
HiyA 268
Killer 117
ToSsGirL 92
Sharp 28
Noble 19
NotJumperer 18
Nal_rA 16
Bale 15
[ Show more ]
ZergMaN 13
Terrorterran 8
Dota 2
canceldota53
febbydoto24
League of Legends
JimRising 473
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K1238
m0e_tv577
Other Games
ceh9517
Happy261
Sick71
Trikslyr20
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick880
BasetradeTV123
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream112
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH190
• LUISG 15
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 1
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• HappyZerGling119
Upcoming Events
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1h 29m
Afreeca Starleague
1h 29m
Soulkey vs Ample
JyJ vs sSak
Replay Cast
1d
Afreeca Starleague
1d 1h
hero vs YSC
Larva vs Shine
Kung Fu Cup
1d 2h
Replay Cast
1d 15h
KCM Race Survival
2 days
The PondCast
2 days
WardiTV Team League
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Team League
3 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Cure vs Zoun
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Team League
4 days
Platinum Heroes Events
4 days
BSL
4 days
RSL Revival
5 days
ByuN vs Maru
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
WardiTV Team League
5 days
BSL
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
Light vs Calm
Royal vs Mind
Wardi Open
6 days
Monday Night Weeklies
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-23
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
NationLESS Cup
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

2026 Changsha Offline CUP
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.