[bustinchops]

No pun intended, but this is getting blown way out of proportion.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I don’t. This man broke state and federal laws. He wasted millions of the taxpayers dollars for a hoax.

[SamAdams76]

If one of the helicopters crashed or if somebody from the National Guard died (such as if they tried rappelling into the balloon from the helicopter to attempt to save the boy), then this story would have been much bigger.

I don't think many people realize how despicable an act this was, the parents making the media and authorities believe that their son was in danger, when he was in fact safely holed up in the attic the whole time.