Runaway Balloon case

nytimes, post, chieftain
The Heene family from Fort Collins wanted attention in a hoax saying a their six year old son was in a balloon hurtling across the sky. It so happens to be that the boy was home the whole time. The family wanted to get famous to have their own t.v. reality show, but instead face charges for a fraud and are expected to surrender. They got every one's attention saying that their six year old boy had climbed into a silver flying saucer that Mr. Heene had built in their back yard. After they went searching for the boy they discovered that he had been home the whole time.
It's sad that someone just to get attention for their own t.v. show would do a hoax like that. If they were smart, they would have done something else. Why would you say your kid is in a flying saucer when you have evidence of where it sat in your backyard. I would not risk something like that, especially if the kid was in the balloon he would've died. People do very dumb things just to get people's attention so they can be one of a million famous people on this planet, but instead, they end up facing charges and will probably end up being in jail when the case is over. It was not a good decision on their part to try to pull a stunt like that.