Part 54, page 124

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[...] do a certain amount of checking." D. B. Cooper, described by witnesses as a middle-aged man, hijacked a five-stop flight from Washington, D.C. to Seattle after boarding it at Portland, Ore. He collected $200,000 ransom in $20 bills from Northwest Orient Airlines officials, and parachuted from the plane near northwest Washington state after the 36 passengers and two stewardesses had been released during a stop earlier. After getting the money, Cooper had ordered the pilot to fly at an altitude of about 10,000 and at about 200 miles per hour over the lowlands of western Washington and Oregon. When the plane land- ed at Reno, Nev., for refuel- ing, the hijacker and money were gone. The thickly wooded area where Cooper is believed to have landed was scoured by searchers and neither Cooper nor the money was found. Within 72 hours of Cooper's exploits, D. B. Cooper tee shirts bearing a picture of a suitcase marked [illegible] parachuting down from the plane with legend, "D. B. Cooper, where are you?" were marketed by a Port- land, Ore., manufacturer. A song about the hijacker was written, recorded, and released within a week and became a favorite of Oregon and Washington state top-40 listeners. Later, bumper sticks appeared, asking "Will the real D. B. Cooper please stand up?" [...]

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