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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:19 am 
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Fifty years ago, three men set out into the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay in a raft made out of raincoats. It was one of the most daring prison escapes in U.S. history.

As one newsreel put it: The spoon proved "mightier than the bars at supposedly escape-proof Alcatraz prison."

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http://www.npr.org/2012/06/10/154614456/return-to-alcatraz-will-a-legend-end-after-50-years?ft=1&f=1001







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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:42 am 
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I recall the Mythbusters recreation.... my impression from memory was that it was possibe... but unlikely.


Mythbusters - Alcatraz Special Part 1/3



Mythbusters - Alcatraz Special Part 2/3


Mythbusters - Alcatraz Special Part 3/3

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When I visited Alcatraz . . . it was bitter cold and the sea stormy . . .

I escaped, too !! :43











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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:56 am 
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figg wrote:
When I visited Alcatraz . . . it was bitter cold and the sea stormy . . .

I escaped, too !! :43











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Wow lucky you got away, Figg :13

Did you have to make a raft and paddle out at night?

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