Cove City, Craven County — The mystery of D.B. Cooper, the infamous hijacker who vanished with $200,000 after leaping from a ...

The man, 47-year-old Elliot Barstow, was BASE jumping Sunday when his parachute failed to fully open. He hit a rock wall and fell 650 feet.

“BASE jumping rigs only have one parachute, compared to the two that are in a skydiving rig,” the company said on its website. “If something goes wrong with the one, the only chance a BASE ...