I've been able, up to now, to avoid the balloon-boy story as the trivia it is. Today, however, a CNN video on YouTube makes it impossible to do so:
I'd be inclined to think the significance of the moment is to ask, "what kind of way is that for a six-year-old to talk?" CNN doesn't think much of that angle, however.
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