Drivers in Vermont get quite a shock as hot air balloon lands in interstate median

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When a hot air balloon stalled mid-flight in Vermont, the pilot took it down in the only safe spot available, which just happened to be right between two busy lanes of an interstate.

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00:00 And let's end the week with some fun

00:01 in tonight's Prime Cuts.

00:03 We start in Vermont, where drivers on a busy highway

00:05 got quite the shock when a hot air balloon

00:08 landed right in front of them.

00:10 I gotta see this.

00:11 The balloon carrying a handful of passengers

00:15 touched down on the median of I-91 Wednesday night.

00:18 The balloon stalled mid-flight

00:20 and the pilot had no other safe landing options.

00:24 Oh my goodness.

00:25 Well, that is amazing.

00:27 Yeah, hey, our Josh asks, how does a balloon stall?

00:31 Yeah, good point.

00:31 Yeah, how does a balloon stall?

00:32 Well, you know, it's a combination

00:36 of mother nature and man.

00:39 When they get together, sometimes bad things happen.

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