However, the balloon -- which was held together with duct tape -- reportedly would not have been able to launch with the 37-pound-boy inside. Falcon's whereabouts during the balloon's flight are ...

It's heartbreaking to watch their little faces as they lose their balloon but at the end of the day it's only a balloon and they probably forgot about it 20 minutes later.

Between 1990 and 2004, at last 68 kids died in the U.S. from choking on latex balloons. The balloons are potentially risky, as uninflated pieces of latex can "conform to the child's airway and ...