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Aquaman5000163 karma

Interesting Fact: When North Korean police, soldiers or whoever do a search of apartment buildings, they'll often cut the power first. It make it easier to catch people with unauthorized movies because with no power, they wouldn't be able to get the VHS tape or DVD out of the player and hide them.

Edit: spelling

Edit 2: Found some more info:

Foreign video tapes, CDs and DVDs, as well as cheap Chinese devices to play them, quickly became black market best-sellers.

Recognizing the danger, Mr. Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011, set up swat teams that barged into homes, cutting off the electricity before entering to prevent viewers from removing discs from their DVD players. But defectors say the suppliers have worked hard to foil inspectors, importing battery powered DVD players as well as more easily hidden flash drives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/north-koreas-forbidden-love-smuggled-illegal-soap-operas.html?_r=0

Aquaman500016 karma

Has the crew been scrutinized in this case? It seems like so much of the story depends on what the crew said happened. I've heard the theory that there is no DB Copper and instead it was the crew that pulled it off.

Did anyone other than the crew see DB Cooper and could remember and identify him as the hijacker?

The orientation of the 727 was very specific for a jump out the back. Not just anyone would know this and there was no Internet to research these things.

Did any of the Jets following see Cooper jump? Or did they see anything fall from the plane?

A lot of stuff doesn't seem to add up that just one man did this.

Aquaman50009 karma

Had a family friend who had the exact same thing happen, only he was in his 50s. But the tumor had spread. He died less than 6 months later. :-(

Aquaman50007 karma

Jesus Christ! I can't even begin to imagine what that's like on a child so young. I have a 6 year old and just thinking about having to do something like reconstruct the head of a child makes me choke up.

Thank you for all you do. Hopefully you brought the family a little peace and closure.

Aquaman50005 karma

Did you visit the USS Pueblo museum? As a former Navy sailor seeing a captured Navy ship in NK would piss me the fuck off.

But just wondering if it's part of the tour itinerary.