Why We All Wanted To Be D.B. Cooper

Each suspect felt more convincing than the last.

As I watched the new HBO documentary on the mythical mystery of D.B. Cooper, I wondered why so many would claim to be the only sky pirate to ever elude the omnipotent FBI. Many of the many who confessed did so on their deathbed, instead of telling their children they loved them, or saying sorry to those they had scarred, they used their last words to…