A man from Calgary, Canada, used helium-filled balloons to fly over the
city on Sunday, risking his life to draw attention to his cleaning
products company, and also landing himself in trouble with the law.
Daniel Boria, 26, pulled off the potentially deadly stunt by attaching
about 110 balloons to a lawn chair.
"At one point I was looking up at the balloons, they were popping, the
chair was shaking and I was looking down at my feet dangling through the
clouds at a 747 flight taking off and a few landing," he said.
"It was incredible. It was the most surreal experience you can ever
imagine. I was just by myself on a $20 lawn chair up in the sky above
the clouds."
Boria was detained on Sunday evening and released on Monday morning. He has been charged with one count of mischief causing danger to life.
"I knew I would get arrested, but I didn't think they would pursue it as heavily as they did," he said.
"I've never done anything wrong before and this was with good
intentions."
Boria said he sprained his ankle, but was otherwise unharmed. "We did
make it as safe as possible for everybody else," he said. "Our end goal
was to only put myself in danger."
The charge of mischief is related to the lawn chair, which could cause
damage or hurt someone when the balloons pop and it falls to the ground,
said Insp. Kyle Grant from Calgary police. He expects more charges will
be laid under the federal Aeronautics Act.
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