2. THE LEGEND OF DAN COOPER
ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 24, 1971, A NONDESCRIPT MAN CALLING HIMSELF DAN
COOPER APPROACHED THE COUNTER OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES IN PORTLAND,
OREGON. HE USED CASH TO BUY A ONE-WAY TICKET ON FLIGHT 305, BOUND FOR SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON. THUS BEGAN ONE OF THE GREAT UNSOLVED MYSTERIES IN FBI HISTORY.
He ordered a drink—bourbon and soda—while the flight was waiting to take off.
A short time after 3:00 p.m., he handed the stewardess a note indicating that he had a
bomb in his briefcase and wanted her to sit with him
Cooper was a quiet man who
appeared to be in his mid-40s,
wearing a business suit with a black
tie and white shirt
3. The stunned stewardess did as she was told. Opening a cheap
attaché case, Cooper showed her a glimpse of a mass of wires
and red colored sticks and demanded that she write down what
he told her. Soon, she was walking a new note to the captain of
the plane that demanded four parachutes and $200,000 in
twenty-dollar bills.
4. When the flight landed in Seattle, the hijacker exchanged the
flight’s 36 passengers for the money and parachutes. Cooper
kept several crew members, and the plane took off again,
ordered to set a course for Mexico City.
Somewhere between Seattle and Reno, a little after 8:00 p.m.,
the hijacker did the incredible: He jumped out of the back of the
plane with a parachute and the ransom money. The pilots
landed safely, but Cooper had disappeared into the night and
his ultimate fate remains a mystery to this day
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