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The Red Balloon has its charms, but its a dangerous fantasy people! Recent example: the Roman Catholic priest who went missing in seas off Brazil after lifting off in a pile of helium balloons. His story reminds me of Larry Walters, the man who infamously piloted a lawnchair rigged with 42 balloons 16,000 feet over Long Beach in 1982. It had been a lifelong dream, and once it was reached, there was nothing left to look forward to. He killed himself in 1993.
B. A. Baracus, they called him. They said that it stood for Bad Attitude. But we knew it really meant Bad Ass! But even bad asses have healing hearts:
Former The A-Team star Mr. T once stunned a sick child's family by bringing him out of a coma - after doctors begged the actor for help.
The poorly kid fell unconscious in Detroit, Michigan in the mid-1980s - and the only physical movement he made was in response to hearing Mr. T's name.
And when the mohawked star was in town, he stopped by the hospital to visit the ill boy - with miraculous results.
He tells Britain's Empire magazine, "His family put toys around him and one of them was a Mr. T doll. And whenever my name came up, the boy moved his arm."
"Somebody told the doctors I was in town, so they called me down there. I closed the curtains and prayed. Then, as I was walking down the hall, the kid suddenly came out of the coma and hollered out."
"That was my supernatural moment."
