Ten years ago, captivated viewers followed the drama of a 6-year-old Colorado boy who reportedly had floated away in a balloon. But when it landed, he wasn't there.
Fort Collins ColoradoanFORT COLLINS, Colo. – Like a sequence out of a comic book, a silver floating disc swept across Colorado's dusty plains on a clear October afternoon.
"If you'd stay here, I'd like to see the kid get out," someone told the helicopter pilot as 9News filmed first responders rushing to the scene. They attacked the still-inflated balloon with pitchforks and pocket knives, clawing to get inside.In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, six-year-old Falcon Heene is shown with his father, Richard, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo., after Falcon Heene was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage.
"That's the great thing about this case. I don't have to describe it to anyone," said Hughes, who covered the hoax as a Coloradoan reporter in 2009 and 2010. Hughes cut his lecture short, ran out the door and jumped in his car. He drove southeast across Northern Colorado for what felt like a couple of hours, trying to get eyes on the balloon.
After seeing some coverage on TV, Alderden sped back to Fort Collins. Standing before the hordes of reporters that had gathered in the Heenes' neighborhood, Alderden laid out what he knew during a press conference. In the middle of it, he got word that Falcon had been found. In 2008, the Heenes had been featured on ABC's reality show"Wife Swap," where wildly different families switched matriarchs for two weeks.
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