It was the end of 1971; people in the Untied States were traveling as usual, and so did thirty seven passengers in Portland, when they boarded a Northwest Orient Boeing 727 bound to Seattle. It was a routine and uneventful flight except for one thing: a passenger sent a note to the aircraft's commander stating that he had a bomb onboard and was demanding US$200.000 and a parachute, or else, he would blow up the plane.
The pilot quietly went off the cabin and sat along the peculiar passenger, asking him "What was that?” about a bomb. Immediately, the man in question opened his briefcase and showed the pilot something that looked like an explosive device, so the commander decided to comply with the hijacker. Following his instructions, the aircraft landed in the middle of bad weather in Seattle; the amount of money sought was there along a parachute.
The hijacker let everybody except three crewmembers get down from the aircraft, and the passengers realized what they had been thorough only when FBI agents began asking them questions. From the passenger list it became evident that one was missing: a man by the name D.B. Cooper.
The aircraft took off again, flying low and slow in the middle of the storm, according to the precise hijacker's instructions; the pilots told him that flying in such a way they would have to land in Reno Nevada, for refueling. It was okay for Mr. Cooper, and the airplane finally landed there and was promptly surrounded and assaulted by special agents.
They found only the three crew members, and a door in the back section of the plane open; D.B. Copper, the chute and the money were missing, so authorities began an extensive and comprehensive search of the man, but to no avail. No traces were found whatsoever, except a handful of bills, many years later, which a couple of kids saw half buried in a river bank.
It was then assumed by law enforcement agencies that D.B. Cooper had been killed during the jump. The man became a cult figure and still today, annual festivals are organized in his name; neither D.B. Cooper nor any other of his twenty dollar bills ever surfaced again.
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D.B. Copper was definitely a great man..
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