3 Alcatraz inmates survived 1962 escape, swim to land, letter suggests

[TomSea]

3 Alcatraz inmates survived 1962 escape, swim to land, letter suggests
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Alcatraz inmates from left to right: Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin.  (FBI)

A letter emerged Tuesday that claims to be written by a former inmate at Alcatraz who — along with two others -- managed to escape the island prison only to vanish without a trace.

The running theory about their fate is that they died shortly after stepping foot into the cold waters that separated the prison and San Francisco. But their bodies were never found and their story remains a mystery.

Prison officials and federal agents insisted at the time of the escape that the inmates — brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris — perished.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/24/3-alcatraz-inmates-survived-1962-escape-swim-to-land-letter-suggests.html

Sounds dubious, read the rest of the story,  the inmate claims to still be alive and would meet with officials if given only a year in jail and physical.

[sneakypete]

Ahhh,the 50's,when crime was simple,and most of the inmates were white.

[Neverdul]

Sounds dubious, read the rest of the story,  the inmate claims to still be alive and would meet with officials if given only a year in jail and physical.

Yes, it does sound rather questionable if not unlikely, but I recall there was a Mythbuster's episode where they tested to see if a raft made from rain coats could make it across the SF Bay from Alcatraz at night, and they did it.

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