[RetiredArmy]

He won? No, he died. Go to the Forrest in the Northwest, I.E., Washington state. I lived there 14 years. Those Evergreen trees it is famous for are pointed and sharp as spears. They are packed together in those mountains. He would have had great difficulty even going through in the real tough terrain, they are so thick. But the money found along the river reveals evidence that he landed in the water, and everything went down and out to the Pacific. Cooper, Jones, whoever he was, died that night. He is no hero. I knew someone back in the 1970s that was in a hijacked plane to Cuba. He was traumatized for years. Hijackers, kidnappers, are not heroes. They are crooks that need be dealt with harshly.

[CatOwner]

Probably. But someone smart enough to figure our the logistics of where to fly and at what speed & altitude might have been smart enough to figure out where to land with a parachute (numerous theories to the level of parachutist Cooper may have been).

But, yeah, not a hero.

[icclearly]

They are crooks that need be dealt with harshly.

That is so 1990s thinking. Come on into the 21st century:-).