Chapter 1139 - Great Robbery (2/2)
Soon, the captain arrived He asked calmly and warily, “Sir, et upset, I will help you…”
“I a them to me and prepare four
parachutes Don’t pull any tricks, or we’ll all fall into the Rio Grande,” said Copper,
sive hi He pulled out the bo away”
Finally, two heavy boxes appeared beside him Cooper checked the contents and
nodded “Contact an airport We will land now”
The plane landed at Suffolk airport and its passengers were quickly evacuated, while
the creas forced to stay behind
A few hours later, at Cooper’s deain and continued
flying toward Los Angeles, but no higher than 10,000 feet
After 8 PM, Cooper locked the crew in the cockpit
Then, nobody knew exactly when, he took the two boxes of gold bars, opened the
parachute and ju into the darkness
This was the DB Cooper heist that shocked the nation for decades The FBI quickly
stepped in to investigate because of the big impact caused by the audacious robbery
The case was so influential and becaendary that a decade later, in 1981,
Hollywood brought it to the big screen with the great airplane robbery movie The
Catcher
Over the past decade, books about the case have appeared on the end had it that Cooper landed in Ariel, Arizona, so every year Cooper fans gathered
outside the local pub for a party
To theovernment and as a hero
A DB Cooper festival was born, held every Noveo, the FBI announced it was suspending its investigation of the hijacking,
but people interested in DB Cooper continued to follow the probably false evidence and
unreliable trails
Private investigators continued to report finding clues about Cooper
Because there had been no old transactions in the market for several years, the
FBI and police believed the gold had not been disposed of
The 120 kilograold became a hidden treasure, anda fortune atteold also helped add
mystery and appeal to the case
Li Du listened to the vivid tale of the treasure hunters He was dumbfounded The
storytellers were incredibly dramatic One by one, they continued to add to the story,
like it was a stage play presented in front of Li Du
He thought it was funny because he was sure it wasn’t true
“Did the FBI ever think about how Cooper got on the plane with explosives avoiding
security? And didn’t they suspect the crew? Their as the only evidence, after all,”
said Li Du
Hans said, “Yes, the crew ot in a lot of trouble
But there was no evidence that they were involved, and since then the FBI has
suspicious”