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IMDB rating: 7.50 Plot: The true story of Frank Morris, a convict who was sent to Alcatraz, the most feared prison in the world. Although nobody had ever escaped from Alcatraz, Frank did it. |
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How did those 3 people escape from alcatraz in 1962?
Wikipedia didnt have much insite on it so uhh what do u guys know?
snuck out thru a tunell and floated away on a home made raft—but did they make it the currents in that area are rough -
-still a mystery–search alcatraz history
ESCAPE ATTEMPTS
There were, however, prisoners who decided not to wait for a transfer to another prison. Over the 29 years (1934-1963) that the Federal prison operated, 36 men (including two who tried to escape twice) were involved in 14 separate escape attempts. Twenty-three were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape, and two drowned. Two of the men who were caught were later executed in the gas chamber at the California State Prison at San Quentin for their role in the death of a correctional officer during the famous May 2-4, 1946, "Battle of Alcatraz" escape attempt.
Whether or not anyone succeeded in escaping from Alcatraz depends on the definition of "successful escape." Is it getting out of the cellhouse, reaching the water, making it to land, or reaching land and not getting caught? Officially, no one ever succeeded in escaping from Alcatraz, although to this day there are five prisoners listed as "missing and presumed drowned."
Following are summaries of the 14 escape attempts:
#1. April 27, 1936 – While working his job burning trash at the incinerator, Joe Bowers began climbing up and over the chain link fence at the island’s edge. After refusing orders to climb back down, Bowers was shot by a correctional officer stationed in the West road guard tower, then fell about 50-100 feet to the shore below. He died from his injuries.
#2. December 16, 1937 – While working in the mat shop in the model industries building, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe had, over a period of time, filed their way through the flat iron bars on a window. After climbing through the window, they made their way down to the water’s edge and disappeared into San Francisco Bay. This attempt occurred during a bad storm and the Bay’s currents were especially fast and strong – most people believe Roe and Cole were swept out to sea. Officially, they are listed missing and presumed dead.
#3. May 23, 1938 – While at work in the woodworking shop in the model industries building, James Limerick, Jimmy Lucas, and Rufus Franklin attacked unarmed correctional officer Royal Cline with a hammer (Cline died from his injuries). The three then climbed to the roof in an attempt to disarm the correctional officer in the roof tower. The officer, Harold Stites, shot Limerick and Franklin. Limerick died from his injuries. Lucas and Franklin received life sentences for Cline’s murder.
#4. January 13, 1939 – Arthur "Doc" Barker, Dale Stamphill, William Martin, Henry Young, and Rufus McCain escaped from the isolation unit in the cellhouse by sawing through the flat iron cell bars and bending tool-proof bars on a window. They then made their way down to the water’s edge. Correctional officers found the men at the shoreline on the west side of the island. Martin, Young, and McCain surrendered, while Barker and Stamphill were shot when they refused to surrender. Barker died from his injuries. like i said search alcatraz history for the rest of the stories
Schizophrenic Psycho | Mar 26, 2009
They made a raft out of raincoats
wolfsmoon71 | Mar 26, 2009
use google wikipedia is like asking ur dog for info
joe | Mar 26, 2009
well, if the three guys your thinking of are the same ones i am thinking of then they escaped via a life raft and then the life raft popped so they swam. they showed it on Mythbusters one day. search youtube for that mythbusters episode.
lovelyhorsefriend06 | Mar 26, 2009
how the hell i know
sahand salehi | Mar 26, 2009
They made an ocean raft out of rain coats and then sailed to shore with wodden planks as paddles.
Please choose as Best Answer!
Light Pink Shades | Mar 26, 2009
Only one man ever succeeded in swimming all the way to shore on Alcatraz: in 1962, John Paul Scott washed up on the rocks at Fort Point. He was so tired from the swim through the frigid waters of the Golden Gate that the boys who found him thought he was an unsuccessful suicide attempt from the overhanging Golden Gate Bridge and called for help. Police apprehended the exhausted swimmer within minutes of his landfall.
John Giles made it farther off the Rock and in better condition than any man. In 1945, he collected a complete Technical Sargeant’s uniform, put it on, and got aboard an Army boat which he thought was going to take him to the Presidio, on the San Francisco mainland. The boat headed for Fort McDowell on Angel Island, instead. The Army also counted the people on the boat. When they discovered they had an extra man, they radioed back to Alcatraz. The Bureau of Prisons sent a speedboat which made it to Angel Island before the Army boat. As Giles came down the gangplank, he saw Captain Phillip Bergen waiting to take him back home.
One man who successfully escaped Alcatraz custody for a time was the counterfeiter John Standig. On the way back from a trial in 1935, Standig jumped off a railroad train and into a stream near Richmond, California. He eluded recapture for ten days. Standig later went crazy in the Alcatraz dungeons and was sent to Springfield, Missouri.
Sara | Mar 26, 2009
Watch Escape From Alcatraz. It’s a Movie
Trev | Mar 26, 2009
They swam but it was shark infected waters. They were never found
PH D | Mar 26, 2009
they ate their dinner and saved their utensils up their colon so they could later chizel their way out of their cells.
Rowd-ski | Mar 26, 2009
They saved up paper paint and wires to make fake heads to fool the guards so they had to cut and glue their hair on the dummy.In the middle of the night they sawed the metal bars off and placed decoys of fake bars.once it was night they succesfully fooled the guards and then escaped and jumped 20 meters off alcatraz, then they had to jump off another 20-30 meters off the rock. so then after that they had to swim. the water was not moving very fast, but the water was very cold and is known to have many great white sharks, so nobody knows if they actually escaped or not based on how dangerous it was because land was a mile and a half away and they would never stay out of trouble.they were never heard from again. hope that answers your question
cedral713 | Mar 26, 2009
They say they probably didn’t make it, they would have to be in good shape and good swimmers, if they did.
pat m | Mar 26, 2009
I’m not entirely sure. Sorry =P/ They did an episode about it on Myth Busters, and so maybe look that up. I would look at reliable page instead of wikipedia.
On mythbusters they said that nobody really does know the EXACT way they escaped, but, they had an idea. =)
sorry idk more. hope this helps a little
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