Escape from Alcatraz--Did it really happen?

[LennG]

Alcatraz is infamous in the history of US prisons. Its location on a small island in the cold waters of San Francisco Bay made it impossible to escape – at least that was the idea. Any inmate brave enough to try would have to swim over a mile in frigid water with a strong current before they could make it to land.

Between its opening in 1934 and its closing in 1963, a total of 36 inmates tried to escape their incarcerated fate. The most famous case came in June of 1962. Since the prisoners were never captured and their bodies were never found, their fate was uncertain for a long time. However, decades later, new evidence came in that made authorities reopen their investigation. What did they learn?

John Anglin Writes a Letter
In 2013, a letter was sent to the San Francisco Police Department. "My name is John Anglin," the letter began, "I escaped from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris."


https://www.pastchronicles.com/fast-gallery/escape-from-alcatraz-the-prisoners-behind-the-1962-escape-plan/2/?utm_source=baidu&utm_content=feed&utm_medium=msn.com&utm_campaign=DP_BD_US_D_PC_AlcatrazEscape_0616_CE_V9&utm_term=${CONTENT_ID}&ac=2

Was it really possible that these guys did escape and ended up living long lives as free men?

[ozzie]

One of recent history's great mysteries.
I'm inclined to believe the never made it to land, but the lack of any evidence proving that makes me wonder...
Interesting case indeed.

[y_so_blu]

Possible, but not probable. Those guys most likely drowned before they could reach the mainland.

It's one of those legends that will persist throughout American history, like Paul Bunyan and the Maytag repairman. Nothing wrong with those.