Alcatraz: Did They Escaped The Worst?

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They Escaped The Worst Did they escape Alcatraz or did they die in the tretrous shark infested waters? Alcatraz was the toughest prison ia all america. The worst of the worst went there. Alcatraz had had some of the biggest named criminals from Al Capone to Birdman. It had the best maximum security unit. On June 11, 1962 three man Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin were the first men to succesfuly escape the terrible Alcatraz. One thing that proves that the men escaped Alcatraz successfuly is that while they were in the prosses of trying to figure out how to get out of “The Rock” they had planned on stelling a getaway car. The same night the men escaped a car was stolen. Police did some investagating to try and find the missing

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