SKYJACK: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray

Author:Geoffrey Gray
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: True Crime, History, Murder, General, Modern
ISBN: 9780307451293
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2011-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

He runs through a wheat field. He runs along a road and when the flash of headlights finds him he jumps in a ditch. He waits, gets up, and runs. He finds a culvert. It’s dry. McCoy stashes his parachute and his duffel bag filled with cash here. He’ll come back for it later.

He runs. He runs until he sees the lights of the Hi-Spot Drive In. It’s around midnight. Through the windows, McCoy can see the employees are cleaning up. He gives his order to the counter girl.

Okay, she says. One large Coke, coming up.

McCoy looks outside. A teenager is getting into his car. McCoy steps outside. He asks for a ride.

“Five dollars will buy a lot of gas, man,” he says.

The kid’s name is Peter Zimmerman. He is eighteen. Need a ride, sure. Hop in.

Driving on the dark roads, McCoy and Zimmerman listen to the news on the radio. A plane has been hijacked over Provo, reports say. The hijacker parachuted out the back with a half a million, the biggest ransom any skyjacker has gotten away with.

Checkpoints are set up along the road. The sky is lit with red magnesium flares.

“How come they stay in the air for so long?” Zimmerman asks McCoy about the flares.

“They have little parachutes on them,” McCoy says.

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