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Escape from Alcatraz

In 1962, Alcatraz was still (0) KNOWN as America’s toughest prison, and the cold waters of San Francisco Bay seemed to make escape impossible. Yet three inmates decided to (1) .......... the odds. Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin had spent months studying the guards’ routines and the weak (2) .......... in their cells. Night after night, they quietly widened the ventilation openings using simple tools, then (3) .......... the debris away so nobody would notice. To buy time during checks, they placed realistic dummy heads on their pillows, complete (4) .......... painted hair. When the moment finally came, they slipped out through the holes, climbed up a service corridor and reached the roof. From there, they made their way down to the shoreline and launched a homemade raft, put together from stolen raincoats and sealed (5) .......... hand. The escape caused a huge (6) .......... at the time, and the search involved boats, helicopters and hundreds of officers. However, no bodies were ever found, and the case remains (7) .......... to this day. Whether they survived or not is still debated, but their plan was so carefully (8) .......... that it continues to fascinate visitors to Alcatraz.