Prison break!

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Wow this kind of thing doesn't just happen in the movies!

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[Tora Ziyal]

Nope. But this kind of drama is extremely rare. Most prison escapes are relatively unexciting -- committed by non-violent offenders in low-security settings, such as workers walking away from road crews or work release programs.

The sticky note was a nice touch!

 

[trekkiedane]

^'Relatively' being the operative word...

A couple of years ago there was a prison break in my little neck of the world. These guys had even invited a local TV-station to the event (although they didn't know exactly what was going on.

[yt]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iC1RPMQ9DZk[/yt]​

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ OMG, I'm speechless!

 

[bbailey861]

Wow this kind of thing doesn't just happen in the movies!

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We spent the weekend in Syracuse. Coming back across the Thousand Islands border crossing there was a long delay as all vehicles were being checked to see if the fugitives were trying to enter Canada.

 

[Pingfah]

"Literally anywhere" ?

So, they might be on the moon? Perhaps they passed through a wormhole and are now in the Delta Quadrant?

 

[publiusr]

Hi! I'm Lefty Vila...and I'll be your host this evening for this episode of THIS OLD PRISON.

Today's topics: Kick-out panels and dado joints.

 

[JES]

One would think this is the sort of thing that only happens in the movies. But no, it only happens once in a blue moon.

Too bad that unlike in most of the movies, these aren't your lovable villains, but some very dangerous convicts who will kill anyone who gets in their way.

It's even worse that they got help.

 

[Hound of UIster]

They are probably in Mexico or Canada by now.

Amazed they haven't killed anyone yet despite one of them being a sociopath.

 

[scotpens]

This is similar in many ways to the infamous Alcatraz escape in 1962. Except that those guys probably drowned in the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay. (No bodies were ever found; the case is officially still open.)

The event was dramatized in the 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood.

 

[Hound of UIster]

There is some suggestion that at least one may have survived (though unlikely as it may be).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Morris_%28prisoner%29

In a report that wasn't found until the late 2000s, there was evidence of footprints leading away from the raft recovered at Angel Island. There was also a report that stated a man had been forced off the road by three men in Alcatraz prison like outfits, and they stole his car.

In 2011, an 89-year-old man named Bud Morris, who claimed he was a cousin of Frank Morris, claimed that on "eight or nine" occasions prior to the escape he delivered envelopes of money to Alcatraz guards, presumably as bribes. Morris further claimed to have met his cousin face to face in a San Diego park shortly after the escape. Morris's daughter, who was "eight or nine" years old at the time, said she was present at the meeting with "Dad's friend, Frank", but "had no idea [about the escape]".[14]