ON THIS DAY: In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again.
It has been 50 years since Alcatraz closed, but the prison on the island in San Francisco Bay still looms large in our national mythology. The Rock was where the justice system's worst offenders were sent: Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Whitey Bulgar and Birdman were just a few of its notable inmates. Many others refused to conform to prison standards elsewhere and found themselves on the island.To escape from Alcatraz was not for the faint-hearted.
It is likely that they drowned, but they are officially missing and presumed dead as no bodies were found.On July 31, 1945, John Giles dressed in the uniform of an Army sergeant that he had stolen over time from Army laundry that was sent to the island for cleaning. He boarded an Army launch for shore, but was discovered missing during head count. After stepping foot on Angel Island, also in the San Francisco Bay, Giles was sent back to Alcatraz.
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