I have an afternoon flight back home today. I’ve kept Texas hours by waking up early, but there really isn’t much open this early. So I worked some more before it was time to leave for the airport. And then it was a 4 hour flight home. I really enjoyed seeing California finally, but I’m glad to be back home.
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The boat didn’t take long to get to the island. Once we got off, there was a short orientation from the park rangers, just letting us know a little history about the site. It was originally a fort to protect the bay, but it was later converted into a federal prison in 1934. It became one of the most famous ones in history as it was nearly impossible to escape because it was on an island and the strong cold current made any attempt deadly. The prison closed in 1963. In 1969, the island was occupied by a group of Native Americans for 19 months who were part of a group organizing public protest.
One of the stories was dedicated to the escape attempts from Alcatraz. There were several but the most famous was made by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin. They even made a movie of it. The 3 had neighboring cells and spent 6 months widening the ventilation ducts beneath their sink. They then had access to the unguarded utility corridor and made life preservers from stolen materials. To conceal that they weren’t in their cell, they made paper mâché heads so it would look like they were asleep in their bunks. They were never seen from again. The FBI investigated and believed they drowned, but no body was ever discovered. I feel like they did so much planning, that they probably made it.
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