On this date in 1962, Frank Morris, and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from the federal prison on Alcatraz Island. The escape took over two years to plan and execute. The escapees used stolen materials to make a raft to escape on and dummies to place in their bunks. They tunneled from their cells into the prison ventilation shaft, through which they climbed up to the roof of the prison. They climbed down from the roof, made it to the water, and paddled away on their homemade raft. Their escape was not discovered until the next morning. The men were never found and were presumed drowned in San Francisco Bay.
Further reading:
"The Great Escape from Alcatraz"
FBI Files: Alcatraz Escape
IMDb: Escape from Alcatraz
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I bet they made it... ;)
Aggie,
Most of the "experts" agreed that there was no way they could have made it. Of course this ignores the fact that another escapee managed to make it to shore six months later. He was found unconscious on the shore, suffering from hypothermia, but he proved it could be done. And he did it in the colder December waters.
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