How 3 Men Escaped the "Unescapable" Prison - Summary

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The video is about the famous escape of three prisoners from Alcatraz prison in 1962. It describes how they used their ingenuity, patience and luck to make a raft, life vests and fake heads out of scavenged materials, including rubber raincoats and popular mechanics magazines. It also discusses the various theories and evidence about their fate, such as sightings, letters and photos that suggest they might have survived the journey across the bay and lived in hiding for decades. It concludes by saying that the truth will probably never be known, but the story is a lesson in resourcefulness.

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1. America's longest war is the war on drugs, which began in 1969.
2. Alcatraz prison was a maximum security prison that housed some of the most dangerous criminals in history from 1934 to 1963.
3. Alcatraz prison was located on an island in San Francisco Bay, which was thought to be escape-proof due to the cold water, strong currents and sharks.
4. 36 prisoners attempted to escape from Alcatraz prison across 14 different attempts, but most of them were caught, killed or drowned.
5. Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz prison on the night of June 11 or 12, 1962, using a raft and life vests made from rubber raincoats and other materials.
6. The trio used tools and techniques from Popular Mechanics magazine to make their raft and pump, and left fake heads in their beds to fool the guards.
7. The trio were never found, but some evidence of their raft and belongings were recovered from the bay and nearby islands.
8. There have been many claimed sightings and theories about the fate of the trio, including a photo of the Anglin brothers in Brazil in 1975 and a letter from John Anglin in 2013.
9. The FBI closed their case in 1979, but the U.S. Marshals Service still have an active case open to this day.