On the night of June 11th, 1962, as guards stood watch and their fellow inmates slept, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz prison, never to be seen again...
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Sources:
-“Alcatraz at a Glance.” https://bit.ly/30Q1z9D
-“Alcatraz escape: Fugitive John Anglin’s name on letter to police.” https://bbc.in/3eNro27
-Alcatraz Escape Files. Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, 2014.
-FBI file: https://bit.ly/2OEGsof
-FBI summary: https://bit.ly/2Q7JTnL
-BOP, “Alcatraz.”https://bit.ly/3tsOsHC
-“Investigator Says 1962 Alcatraz Escapees Likely Survived.” https://cbsloc.al/3eL34hu
-“Dutch scientists show: the 1962 Alcatraz Escape was possible.” https://bit.ly/2NpQMzZ
-“Alcatraz 1962 escapees had small chance of success.” https://bbc.in/3cDulzQ
-“Alcatraz escapees’ family convinced brothers alive.” https://bit.ly/3ln6ecw
-“50 years later, Alcatraz escapees’ tale still captivates." https://lat.ms/3vxfJKY
-Rothco & IdenTV, “The Long Shot.” https://bit.ly/3llx2tT
-“Legendary 1962 Alcatraz escapees shown in Brazil 13 years later in newly-discovered photo.” https://bit.ly/2P1sH2U
-“Letter Allegedly Written by Alcatraz Island Escapees Surfaces.” https://cbsloc.al/3eMGCEE
-“Alcatraz Military Timeline.” https://bit.ly/3lnIx3I
-“The Army and American Indian Prisoners.” https://bit.ly/3cFr5E3
-“Baseball on the Rock.” https://bit.ly/30R0UVu
-“The Post on Alcatraces." https://bit.ly/3qVz6JY
-“U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz.” https://bit.ly/3rU7Gpr
-“US Penitentiary Alcatraz: Seven Prisons.” https://bit.ly/3eO8IQa
-“The Upper Prison." https://bit.ly/3rWsah1
-“The Lower Prison Complex.” https://bit.ly/3vAoEvh
-“The Political Prison.” https://bit.ly/3qTKPZJ
-“The Guardhouse Prison.” https://bit.ly/3eNyXWU
-“The New Prison.” https://bit.ly/3eUIH1g
-“Robert Simmons.” https://bit.ly/3cE4Pun
-“We Hold the Rock.” https://bit.ly/3rUKjf7
-“For Desperate or Irredeemable Types: United States Federal Penitentiary Alcatraz." https://bit.ly/3bSUFqs
-“Schemes and Dreams.” https://bit.ly/38QCRdw
-“The Occupation of Alcatraz," Parts 1 & 2. Stuff You Missed in History Class. https://apple.co/3cNXjwV
-Hypothermia estimates: https://bit.ly/3vA3s8r
-Swimming a mile estimates: https://bit.ly/30Po1Qe