Netflix's 'Trainwreck' digs into the 2009 Balloon Boy incident | ChicagoNOW

The latest episode of Netflix's 'Trainwreck' revisits the 2009 Balloon Boy incident, when a young boy was believed to be trapped in a homemade helium balloon floating through the sky, only to be found hiding safely at home. Director Gillian Pachter unpacks what really happened and how it changed the family at the center of it all.