How Did Alcatraz Escape

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The Famous Escape Do you believe that the Anglin Brothers and Frank Morris escaped from “The Rock”? If you didn't know Alcatraz A.K.A, “The Rock” was home to many of the world's most famous criminals. Three of those were the Anglin Brothers and Frank Morris. There is a lot of theories of did or did they not survive. My person opinion is that I think they escaped. Here are the reasons and evidence on why I think they escaped. On the night of June 11, 1962 the Anglin Brothers and Frank Morris set out to do what had never been done before. Escape from Alcatraz. According to Wikipedia.com,tThe 3 men started by using saw blades and other tools to cut open their ventilation shaft. Then they got into the service corridor and climbed to the roof. From the roof, they climbed down a 50- foot tall kitchen pipe to the ground. Then climbed 2 12-foot tall barbed wire fences. They then ran to the Northeast shoreline where the spotting light could not see them, and began building their raft. after the put the raincoats together and blew up their raft, they were off into the night at about 10 o'clock. There are many reasons that the men died this treacherous journey. One of the big reasons that supports that they died is no crimes were reported. …show more content…
They also found personal items that belonged to the Anglin Brothers, like a plastic bag containing names, photos, and addresses of all the Anglin family members. But no trace of the men. This was all found on the southern shoreline of Angel Bay. Why would they leave all this personal stuff behind? If they got to land there would be no reason to leave this stuff behind. I mean, it wouldn't weigh them down or nothing so there is no reason not to take it. all of this stuff can stay above water and float to land, but there bodies were never found, even though they were supposedly seen by a

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