The night before Thanksgiving in 1971, a man who claimed to have a bomb hijacked a Northwest Orient airlines flight leaving Portland International Airport for Seattle – a story that would go on to become a Pacific Northwest legend. Reporter James Long, working the night shift at The Oregon Journal, caught the story. He called a former colleague who worked at Western Airlines, and who managed to get him on the phone with someone from Northwest. “He didn’t tell them I was on the line,” Long said. “I remember that the sound wasn’t very good.” That bad connection is likely responsible for one of the most famous names – and most famous mistakes – in American crime history. “Somehow I came up with D.B.” Follow the link in our bio to read more. #dbcooper #oregonian