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Martin McNally

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1145 total appearances

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Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

I pulled it out and I looked at it.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

The buckle had two snaps, and those snaps, when that parachute opened up, this package, 45 pounds, just flew away.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

And these snaps on this belt would have opened up, and that's what happened.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

I said, oh, this is terrible.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

I can't believe this.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

Yeah.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

Yeah.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

That's a situation there.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

When I did pull the parachute, the ripcord open, the parachute blasted open, the silk and so forth.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

And I grabbed the shroud lines and I yanked on them.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

And I knew that if I have resistance, I'm okay.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

If I don't have resistance, it's time to say a good act of contrition.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

Oh, my God, I'm heartless.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

Because the chute is blown up, falling apart, shredded, and I'm going down at 130 miles per hour terminal velocity, and I'm going to be smacked like a bug on the ground.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

And, yeah.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

When this thing happened, the money goes away.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

I look down, snap my left leg to check the bag.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

And I look down, and this thing is tumbling.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

About 25 to 30 feet away from me, it's tumbling.

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
D.B. Cooper 2.0: The Skyjacker Who Stole $500K & Survived

So I immediately...