Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, Streaming Now on Netflix, Covers the 2009 Viral Hoax
Briefly

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy chronicles the 2009 incident when a father falsely claimed his son was inside a homemade balloon that had drifted away. This claim resulted in a massive emergency response involving the National Guard and law enforcement. The situation escalated as live news coverage followed the balloon's airborne journey, but hopes were dashed when the balloon landed without the boy inside. Public sentiment shifted from concern to anger as the hoax unraveled, marking the event as a bizarre chapter in American media history.
On October 15, 2009, a father in Fort Collins, Colorado, calls 911, claiming that his homemade flying saucer has escaped from the backyard, carrying his six-year-old son inside.
What starts as a local emergency quickly escalates into a national one, as everyone from the National Guard, to the Sheriff, and Homeland Security, struggles to come up with a plan to safely rescue 'Balloon Boy'.
As the balloon softly lands, people pray for a miracle reunion - but instead they discover no boy inside.
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