Balloon Hoax

The other day all news media was focused on this helium Balloon hovering over Colorado carrying a 6 year old boy. A colleague was filling me in on the news (shocked that I had no idea) when I just started to laugh. He said I was being insensitive to the issue and that the boy probably fell out and died. I said..he's in the house hiding under his bed or something.

Sure enough...he was.

So what does a 6-year-old boy hiding in an attic for several hours do to occupy his time as his parents, the police and throngs of investigators are frantically searching for him?

Appearing on “Larry King Live” on Thursday night with his parents and brothers, Falcon Heene gave some indication.

“First I was playing in the attic,” he said, “then I stopped and went to bed in the attic.”

I don't know whether to keep laughing or just shake my head in despair that authorities had to be occupied with this and that our news media made this out to be a national crisis.

*** FYI, Zachary's suspension was overturned and he was allowed back at school this week.