I eagerly await your report, G.
I regret that this is coming as late as it is. I would have preferred to do this while Tosaw and other principals were still alive. Some of the principals are still alive, some of the central facts are still intact, and at least one of Tosaw's theories is still very clear: he thought Cooper had placed the money he offered Tina back in his coat pocket. Cooper then landed in the Columbia, 'shed his coat to allow him to swim', and the money in his coat pocket was the money Ingram found on Tina Bar.
One editorial decision I am facing is what to release and what not to release! There are a number of different interests at stake, different people have presented slightly different versions or different stories of the same thing (in the same time frame), etc. We know who the principals were that worked with Tosaw, we know their relationships, but it is also clear that Tosaw's work overlapped other people working trying to recover anything from the Columbia, following the end of the FBI's excavation on Tina Bar. Tosaw and several others conducted their own explorations of Tina Bar itself, beyond diving or raking work in the Columbia! Wingdams in the area of the Ingram find were all explored, several times over, by different people over a long time frame. I just wish I had started this work back in 2008 -
PS: has anyone here got Tosaw's book and has actually read it?
I have Tosaw's book. Mine is autographed as well like the others, maybe all of them are. It is a good quick read, and was written well before many of the suspects came out, the internet, the tie, the DZ, this forum, etc. So it gives an interesting view that we simply would not get today. Himmelsbach's book is the same way. Here are some things I noticed the other day after flipping through just a few pages. I'm not saying any or even some of this is true, but it is what is in the book. I bought it a while back just for the serial numbers on the bills.
Cooper said they needed to take off from Seattle by 5PM
There is a list in the back of serial numbers of all the bills, about 55 pages worth
Tosaw said that Cooper said to fly with the flaps down, and it was the pilots who asked him what setting, he replied with 15 degrees, I assumed he had said from the start to use flaps 15
Cooper used the term "interphone" vs intercom or phone as Tina said she thought a passenger would say.
Tosaw says Flo left and took the note to the cockpit, and then Tina saw him put his sunglasses on
Cooper said he wanted his note and envelope back. I assumed he just passed a note and not a note in an envelope
Alice went to the back of the plane under the pretense of getting a deck of playing cards. Cooper told her "nevermind about the cards"
There is mention of a frozen nozzle for the fuel, I was under the impression the issue was said to be vapor lock.
Tosaw describes the bank vault where the $200k was and refers to the bills being in packets, and used the terms paper bands and rubber bands as well.
Cooper said he had pills to keep the crew awake
Bill Mitchell said the hijacker's socks or long underwear were showing and they did not match his suit
Part of the matchbook cover read "Earn a high school diploma"
