probably the Colorado dept. of public safety and local Sheriffs dept. , if they had done a proper job of searching the house when he was reported missing none of what followed would have been necessary . That being said, all the "airborne" search was done by TV choppers following the balloon looking for a good (disaster) news story . It was also a good exercise for local disaster prepardness personnel in real-time, not the usual typical micky-mouse pre planned exercise
