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10 years later, 'balloon boy' and his family still denounce idea that it was a hoax
Richard Heene defended the story that he thought his son Falcon floated away. It's been 10 years since police called the search for the infamous balloon boy a hoax, but even now, the boy -- now a ...
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Balloon boy hoax parents PARDONED 11 years after convincing the world son, 6, was trapped in out-of-control inflatable
THE parents of the 2009 “balloon boy” hoax were pardoned on Wednesday by Colorado’s governor. Over a decade ago, Richard and Mayumi Heene reported that their six-year-old son, Falcon ...
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"Did the Boy Fall out Along the Way, or Is This Part of Some Hoax?"
Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The fate of Falcon Heene, the six-year-old boy believed to have been trapped in a homemade hot-air balloon ...