Unit 7, Lesson A
Page 79, Listening
B. Now listen to the audio tour about DB Cooper and his crime. Put the following actions in the order in which they happened. [CD Track 22]
[CD Track 23]
Exhibit Narrator：
You are now standing in the West Annex. Please move to Exhibit 1. This is a sketch of DB Cooper. A flight attendant on a Northwest Orient Airlines flight named Flo Schaffner is one of the few people who ever got a good look at him. She only remembers that he wore a suit and tie—he looked like an ordinary businessman. We know next to nothing about DB Cooper—except that his outrageous crime is almost impossible to believe. Please move to Exhibit 2.
On November 24, 1971, DB Cooper boarded a flight leaving Portland, Oregon, bound for Seattle, Washington. It was a short flight—about 45 minutes—and Mr. Cooper carried only a briefcase. The plane, pictured here, was a Boeing 727, which is important to note. In this particular kind of plane, there is a staircase that allows you to exit out of the back of the plane. Mr. Cooper was going to need access to this staircase to complete his illegal caper. Let’s continue on to Exhibit 3.
After the Northwest flight took off, Mr. Cooper passed a note to Ms. Schaffner, the flight attendant. This is a copy of that note. The original one has been lost. As you can see,... in the note Cooper explained that he had a bomb in his briefcase. He asked for $200,000 and four parachutes... and said that if he didn’t get them, he would blow up the plane. It’s not clear exactly what was in the briefcase, although Ms. Schaffner later told authorities that she thought she saw some wires. Ms. Schaffner told the pilot, but they decided not to tell the passengers what had happened and continued the flight to Seattle. Upon arriving in Seattle, the passengers, unaware of what was happening, exited the plane as usual. Mr. Cooper remained on board with the flight crew where he continued to make his demands.
Moving on to Exhibit 4,... We can see some FBI documents about the case, which provide details about the crime. In the end, the airline gave in to Coopers demands. He received the $200,000 and the parachutes. He then hijacked the plane and asked to be flown to Mexico. En route to Mexico, with the flight crew in the front of the plane, Cooper asked for the stairs in the rear of the plane to be lowered. He then jumped out of the plane, which was flying at about 10,000 feet. After that, we don’t know what happened because Cooper simply disappeared into the snowy mountains below. The FBI spent nearly a month looking for Cooper and found nothing. The story doesn’t end there, however. Please move on to Exhibit 5.
In 1980, a boy found $5,800—all in twenty-dollar bills —buried near a river in Washington State. Here we can see one of those twenty-dollar bills, which was acquired by this museum. The FBI was able to match the numbers on the bills discovered in Washington to their records of the money given to DB Cooper. More questions surfaced: Why was the money buried there?... Where was the rest of it... and where was DB Cooper?
In the end, nobody knows exactly what happened, but most people say that Cooper got away with the crime, and without hurting anyone. However, soon after Cooper’s hijacking of the Northwest Orient Airlines flight. Subsequent hijackings often turned violent... which resulted in the fundamental changes in airport security, such as metal detectors and baggage X-rays. These changes, while making air travel a bit more time-consuming, have made airports safer and helped bring an end to the activities of criminals such as the infamous DB Cooper.
C. Listen again. Take notes on details about each exhibit that were important to investigators trying to solve the crime. Complete the chart. [CD Track 24] (Replay CD Track 23)
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