Overview

• Netflix’s Trainwreck: Balloon Boy premiered July 15 with in-depth interviews of Richard, Mayumi and Falcon reflecting on the 2009 episode
• The family asserts they genuinely believed six-year-old Falcon was trapped inside their homemade helium balloon as it soared 7,000 feet above Fort Collins
• The documentary includes previously unseen footage of local law enforcement, the National Guard and Homeland Security mounting a search before discovering Falcon hiding in the attic
• Richard and Mayumi explain they pleaded guilty to avoid Mayumi’s deportation despite insisting the incident was never a hoax
• The film revisits public outrage, media frenzy and debates over reality-TV ambitions that shadowed the original rescue efforts