How Did Alcatraz Escape

The Great Escape

The escape proof in prison San Fransisco, Alcatraz, is no longer escape proof. Three prisoners escaped. Alcatraz a prison where only the worst of the worst were incarcerated. Alcatraz was opened on August 11, 1934 and closed March 24, 1963. The broken down prison is now a tourist spot in the bay of San Francisco, California. Some people say Alcatraz was built so no convict could break out, but most evidence leads to prove that the three men lived during the escape. June 11, 1962 Frank Morris, John, and Clarence Anglin escaped from alcatraz. The three men, Frank Morris, John, and Clarence Anglin had a plan to escape. They spend months plotting and planning the only accomplished breakout from Alcatraz. The plan started with making a raft out of raincoats, the raincoats were donated and stolen from the inmates.(No way out) They had 50 raincoats glued together for a makeshift raft. (Prison escape from alcatraz)The next part leads to making fake grates to put over the grate that they removed so they could squeeze into some pipes. (No way out)The only problem was that the grates were too small to they would have to carve, chip, and drill into the walls to create a big enough hole to get out of. When they have the hole big enough, they had to go

The raft they used was on Angel Island but the convicts weren't. The only clue amongst the raft was the men’s footprints. The footprints confirmed that the Anglin brothers and Frank escaped from Alcatraz. (Prison escape from alcatraz) The men had made this far who is to say that they hadn’t made it to the city. Soon after they were free and there was nothing stopping them from getting out of the country. (Prison escape from alcatraz) There had been many sightings of the men in various places such as Brazil, and other South American regions. The raft was found and still could work, but even if it didn’t could they still swim the rest of the