Trump wants to bring back Alkatraz: Here is the story of ‘Great Escape’ of 1962 that still hunts ‘The Rock’
President Donald Trump has announced a plan to revive the notorious island Jail Alkatraz which once organized the most dangerous criminals of America. Closed since 1963, this feature may soon be in use under a trump instruction, aimed at housing aimed at the purpose of housing he called “America’s most cruel and violent criminals”.
In a true social post on Sunday evening, Trump said that the federal government will re -start the Alkatraz to a large extent to rebuild the law and order. ” Trump wrote, “When we were a more serious nation … we did not hesitate to stop the most dangerous criminals, and keep them away from anyone that they could harm,” Trump wrote.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi questioned the feasibility of reviving the facility of collapse of a major tourist attraction managed by the National Park Service. Trump called Alkatraz “a symbol of law and order” and vowed to restore it in his pre -ceremony.
The prison was closed in 1963, in which the government cited high operating costs. However, its reputation as a high-protection feature was seriously challenged in 1962, when three prisoners escaped and never seen again. The migration became so infamous that later the film dramatically dramatically Escape from Alkatraz, Clint Eastwood starring.
Great migration of 1962
None of the 36 prisoners trying to escape from Alkatraz between 1934 and 1963 is not more famous than Morris and Anglin Brothers John and Clarence. Adjacent cells were assigned, trio spent months, preparing a careful plan with the help of Alan West, a fourth prisoner.
The stolen blades, spoon, and a homemade drill using fashion from a vacuum cleaner motor, men chisked the ventilation grills behind their cells. He hid his work with cardboard and furniture. There was an uncontrolled utility corridor behind the cells, which allowed them to move about undeserved presided.
They built a temporary workshop over their cell block and, using more than 50 stolen raincoats, stitched the 6-by-14-foot rubber fleet and the life contained together. The paddle was engraved from wood, and he re -prepared a concertina to swell to all, using a raw periscope to see for the guard.
Dummy head and a courageous night
The migration was carried out on the night of 11 June 1962. In the West time, he failed to remove his grill and was left behind. Others craft dummy heads with plaster, real hair and paint – to fool the night guard in their beds.
Slipping in the utility corridor, they climbed on the roof, landing a smochstack, and reached the beach of the island. There, under the cover of darkness, he launched his homemade fleet in the frigid water of San Francisco Bay.
By the time the guard focused on running away the next morning, the men had left for a long time.
Evidence and principle
Despite comprehensive discoveries, the FBI never found decisive evidence of his fate. A packet of letters associated with men was recovered in the bay, with a unholy life vest on the wooden pieces and the chronichet beach. But no body was ever found.
The official FBI investigation, which remained open for 17 years, concluded that the possibility of migration sank. The water was cool, the currents were strong, and the trio led to verified support or lack of resources on the ground. Nevertheless, the absence of evidence has left a place for speculation. Alkatraz further enhanced the public conspiracy with the 1979 Clint Eastwood film Escape.
In 1979, the FBI shut down its case, assigned the responsibility to the American martial service, which technically consider the fugitive of men.
Other efforts
The 1962 breakout was not the only attempt to escape from “The Rock”.
In 1937, two prisoners disappeared in the Gulf and were never seen again. In 1945, another tried to disguise in a military uniform stolen from prison washing, but the guard quickly discovered his absence and gave a radio to the departing boat to return to return.
The most violent attempt took place in 1946, known as the “Battle of Alkatraz”. Six prisoners overcame the guards and gained access to weapons, but failed to open any escape doors. A violent deadlock began, killing two officers and three prisoners. Two living prisoners were later executed to their roles in rebellion.
In 1962, a separate prisoner enhanced himself with Lord to slip through a relaxed storage window bar. He floated on the shore, but fell from exhaustion and was then removed soon.
