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In this image rendered from video and released by KMGH-TV in Denver, a balloon is seen moments after landing in Colorado, near Fort Collins Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. No one was found in the balloon. (AP Photo/KMGH-TV ) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES
In this image rendered from video and released by KMGH-TV in Denver, a hot-air balloon is seen over Colorado, near Fort Collins. A 6-year-old boy climbed into a hot-air balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy. Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says the device, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. (AP Photo/KMGH-TV )
FORT COLLINS, Colo.
(AP) — A 6-year-old Colorado boy feared to have floated off in a helium
balloon has been found safe at his home, hiding in a cardboard box in
the garage attic.
Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during
a news conference and held thumbs up and said, "He's at the house."
Alderden said an investigator on the scene saw the boy and he was fine.
He said the boy apparently has been in the attic the whole time.
The
boy's brother had said he saw 6-year-old Falcon Heene get in the
balloon before it took off. The flight last two hours and spanned 50
miles and set off a frantic search.
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