Missing Boy in Balloon was a Hoax By Parents

This article I read came from the New York Times and was about a little boy tha the parents reported that he was ain a home made ballon that had flown away and he was trapped inside. How ever when they found the ballon it was empty and when they found the boy the owrds he spoke led to suspicion of the whole situation. As it turns out the parents had hid the boy in the closet upstair s with some food and other things to simply attempt to becoem famous by the story. How ever they were charged and arrested but released on bail. As we discussed in class on this topic they manupilated the media into believing something that was no true and took control of this stroy and peole to make them believe there littel boy was trapped inside.