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Subscribe to RSSA picturesque marriage proposal in a hot air balloon Wednesday evening turned out to be a truly shocking experience when the balloon crashed into power lines shortly after the bride-to-be said yes.
Pilot Dallas Beall and the woman were treated for burns in Sellersburg, Ind., around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night. Major Chuck Adams with the Clark County, Ind., sheriff’s office said after the man proposed, Beall tried to land the balloon on a patch of ground overgrown with tall grass in Sellersburg. The woman said yes, but Beall struggled to successfully land the bright yellow balloon.
Beall boosted the balloon to try and land elsewhere, but the basket brushed against high-tension power lines, giving the pilot an electric shock and knocking him unconscious, according to reports from NBC affiliate WAVE in Louisville, Ky. The shock caused him to fall into the bride-to-be, giving her a shock as well. The groom-to-be performed CPR on the pilot, reportedly reviving him, until medics arrived.
The newly engaged couple was not identified to the public. They were treated for burns at the scene, and the pilot and future bride were transported to local hospitals. Their injuries were not life-threatening, according to local media sources.
Tony Saxton, a pilot at Endless Mountains Hot Air Balloon, Inc. in Nicholson, Pa., said sometimes accidents like this are unavoidable.
“Wind conditions can change at a moment’s notice without warning, and that’s oftentimes when power-line accidents occur,” Saxton told msnbc.com. “I always teach my students to fly over them and land on the other side, if at all possible.”
Saxton, who trains people to fly balloons in northeastern Pennsylvania, said if a power line strike is imminent, he trains pilots to deflate the hot air balloon by “ripping out” the top panel, done by pulling a ripcord because “it’s safer to have a basket as close to the ground as possible so people can just jump out.”
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Someone might say that's what they get for getting married.
Just shocking!
It's a bad omen, I would break off the engagement.
Give them credit..they are really a hot couple!
Hopefully this puts a spark in their relationship.
Awesome!!
The bride said, "When he kissed me, I felt tingely all over."
Screw that! My daughter took a balloon ride in New Mexico a couple of weeks ago. Balloon touched down in the Rio Grande briefly, then ended up crashing into a house. Won't catch me riding in one.
These things weigh tons (the mass of air inside) and you are at the mercy of the wind...only fools would climb into one of these death traps.
I am seeing divorce papers aboard a u-boat in my crystal ball.
Don't do the marriage thing based just on love sparks, you need "chemistry" for it to last.........
Oh, the humanity!
How stupid is this and when are these mororns going to learn any lession - didn't use their common sense. Did their parents ever teach them anything about safety? Is it worth risking your lives for the fun of proposing up in a risky hot air baloon...
Wow, ... someone skipped their anger management meds this morning.
Not to mention, skipped spelling in school.
Well, this would be one hell of a marriage proposal to remember for the rest of their lives. Only good thing about this is - they will never dare to divorce and go after other women or men...
I wish them a boring wedding.:)
Watt a reVOLTing development!
So is it a yes or a no?
doesnt anybody listen to louie the lightning bug anymore??you gotta play it safe around electricity!
Unavoidable? Hardly, Don't get in one. I dont fly in non powered aircraft, how stupid anyways.
The man proposed, Beall tried to land the balloon on a patch of ground overgrown with tall grass in Sellersburg. The woman said yes, but Beall struggled to successfully land the bright yellow balloon.
So,after all that ruckus,the BTB and her Groom Boarded his Elcamino and burned rubber all the way back to the trailer park where the brides uncle daddy greeted them with a celebratory bottle of Earlie Times and tickets to the Quaker State 400 at the Kentucky Speedway
And so far,they lived happily ever after!