Boy, 6, floats away in homemade balloon in Colo. (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 1:19pm

In this image rendered from video and released by KMGH-TV in Denver, a hot-air balloon is seen over Colorado, near Fort Collins.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />(AP Photo/KMGH-TV ) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft in Colorado and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy as the balloon hurtled through the air.

The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside.

The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times.




 

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