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Parrot Head · 07-06-2006, 04:04 AM

Who was DB Cooper? The name stands out to me as a character in Prison Break, but nothing else off hand.

il Padrino Ute · 07-06-2006, 06:20 AM

DB Cooper was a guy who hijacked a flight out of Seattle in the early 70s. IIRC, he had the plane go back to Seattle where he collected a ransom of about $200K and when the plane left again for Mexico - the passengers were still on board as hostages - he jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the money.

They never found him, but it is generally believed that a guy named McCoy who was studying law (or criminolgy) at BYU was DB Cooper. For some reason, McCoy ended up in prison and escaped and was killed in a shootout with police.

There's a book called "The Real McCoy" (and I think a movie too) that tells this story and the alleged connection to DB Cooper.

tooblue · 07-06-2006, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

DB Cooper was a guy who hijacked a flight out of Seattle in the early 70s. IIRC, he had the plane go back to Seattle where he collected a ransom of about $200K and when the plane left again for Mexico - the passengers were still on board as hostages - he jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the money.

They never found him, but it is generally believed that a guy named McCoy who was studying law (or criminolgy) at BYU was DB Cooper. For some reason, McCoy ended up in prison and escaped and was killed in a shootout with police.

There's a book called "The Real McCoy" (and I think a movie too) that tells this story and the alleged connection to DB Cooper.

I saw a documentary that stated there is near conclusive evidence that McCoy was DB Cooper. McCoy was a Utah national Guardsman and lived in Provo or American Fork I believe?

Parrot Head · 07-07-2006, 04:08 AM

Okay, that's the character supposedly in Prison Break. But his season didn't end too well.

Surfah · 07-07-2006, 01:43 PM

http://www.morgannews.us/fam.html

MikeWaters · 07-07-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by surfah33

http://www.morgannews.us/fam.html

Interesting that my former stake presdient is on the list.

http://www.shsu.edu/~his_www/olson.html

07-06-2006, 04:04 AM	#11
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	Who was DB Cooper? The name stands out to me as a character in Prison Break, but nothing else off hand. __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. - Bronco, when asked how to describe PH

07-06-2006, 06:20 AM	#12
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	DB Cooper was a guy who hijacked a flight out of Seattle in the early 70s. IIRC, he had the plane go back to Seattle where he collected a ransom of about $200K and when the plane left again for Mexico - the passengers were still on board as hostages - he jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the money. They never found him, but it is generally believed that a guy named McCoy who was studying law (or criminolgy) at BYU was DB Cooper. For some reason, McCoy ended up in prison and escaped and was killed in a shootout with police. There's a book called "The Real McCoy" (and I think a movie too) that tells this story and the alleged connection to DB Cooper. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

07-07-2006, 04:08 AM	#14
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	Okay, that's the character supposedly in Prison Break. But his season didn't end too well. __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. - Bronco, when asked how to describe PH

07-07-2006, 01:43 PM	#15
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	http://www.morgannews.us/fam.html __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"