When was balloon boy hoax

Thu 24 Dec Topics Colorado news. Reuse this content. Denver International Airport was temporarily shut down during the incident. When the balloon landed in a field, there was no sign of him and authorities feared for his safety. But the boy was later found in the attic of his home in the town of Fort Collins. The family were being interviewed on national TV show Larry King Live by prominent journalist Wolf Blitzer when the young boy appeared to out his parents' hoax.

When asked why he was hiding at home, he said to his father: "You guys said that, um, we did this for the show. Following the revelation that it was staged, police said the house of Richard and Mayumi Heene was searched for evidence that the family was hoping to use the incident to obtain a lucrative contract for a television reality show. Dozens of emergency responders and two Colorado National Guard helicopters scrambled to save the boy as video footage of the enormous balloon floating far above the ground made national news.

But the child was never on the balloon, and he was later found unharmed at his home in Fort Collins, about 60 miles 97 kilometers north of Denver. Authorities said the Heenes staged the ordeal to get publicity for reality TV shows they were trying to pitch. Mayumi Heene reportedly admitted to the scheme at the time, but later told ABC News that she had confessed out of fear of being deported. Lane echoed that claim, saying the prosecution had threatened to do everything in their power to see the legal resident removed from the U.

Richard Heene has maintained that the aircraft got loose accidentally and that he honestly feared his son was aboard. Lane and the Heenes submitted the request a year ago, Lane said.

Mayumi Heene has since become a naturalized U. I hope this pardon will create opportunities for you, such as being able to obtain your general contractor license. He granted clemency to four others, including Anthony Martinez, an year-old man who has dementia and was sentenced to life in prison for burglary in You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado.