Balloon Boy

If you've watched the news at all the last few days, you must have heard about "Balloon Boy". If you haven't then basically the story was about a boy that climbed into the family's prototype weather balloon and took off from his house. Police and news crews followed the balloon for over fifty miles until it touched down. Police scrambled inside to find it empty, the boy had been hiding in the house the entire time. The press interviewed the family shortly afterward. The boy started to throw up and forced the station to end the interview. The family defended the situation, saying that it wasn't a hoax. Since then, coverage continues on the event and more evidence has come out against the family's claims. This morning, I only caught a slight part of the news but I think that they confirmed the family was lying and that it was in fact a hoax. Its a bizarre story and leaves many questions. Whats going to happen to the boy? Will the father or mother be prosecuted? Whats the future of the aircraft that sent people across the country into panic?