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Escape From the Rock
In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...
Alcatraz's Only Successful Prison Break Was Inspired By an Article in Popular Mechanics. Here's How It Happened.
Discover how a 1962 Popular Mechanics article inspired the legendary Alcatraz escape, blending ingenuity and determination in ...
5 Things to know for May 5: Lady Gaga plot, Alcatraz, Trump budget, Weather forecasting, Mike Pence
Police in Rio de Janeiro foiled a possible attack on a Lady Gaga concert over the weekend. The free performance on Rio’s Copacabana Beach was attended by roughly 2.1 million concertgoers. Two people ...
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'It was the cleverest escape in the prison's 30 years': The men who broke out of Alcatraz with a spoon
On 12 June 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz, never to be seen again. The ultimate fate of Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers remains a mystery but the ingenuity and determination of their ...
AP PHOTOS: Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz
President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...
Photos: A closer look at notorious Alcatraz prison
President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison ...
Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island: From Al Capone to ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, meet Alcatraz’s most infamous inmates
Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...
Alcatraz: America's most infamous prison
Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...
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Photos: A closer look at notorious Alcatraz prison
President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been ...