True Story Of Frank Morris — Transcript

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1. 0:00How did these three ordinary-looking
2. 0:01prisoners manage to escape from the
3. 0:03world's most secure prison? Because
4. 0:05their first challenge was to get past
5. 0:07the 8-inch thick wall surrounding their
6. 0:09rooms. So they made a plan and started
7. 0:11stealing things like spoons from the
8. 0:13prison cafeteria. They sharpened
9. 0:15toothbrushes into tools and somehow
10. 0:17even obtained a motor from a vacuum
11. 0:18cleaner to help break the wall. Every
12. 0:21single night, without fail, the three
13. 0:23of them would work on the wall, slowly
14. 0:25hollowing it out from the inside. They
15. 0:27would even work during the day whenever
16. 0:29they got a chance, especially when loud
17. 0:32music was played in the prison to mask
18. 0:34their noise, and to avoid suspicion,
19. 0:36they would cover the hole with whatever
20. 0:38scrap was nearby. After chipping away
21. 0:41at the wall every night for about 6
22. 0:42months, they finally reached a service
23. 0:44tunnel behind it. But their work wasn't
24. 0:47done yet, because now they needed a way
25. 0:49off that rocky island, which was
26. 0:51surrounded on all sides by freezing,
27. 0:53icy seawater. At the time, Alcatraz was
28. 0:55one of the most heavily guarded prisons
29. 0:57in the world. So their next step was to
30. 0:59gradually move the necessary supplies
31. 1:00into the tunnel. For many days, they
32. 1:03pilfered small items, eventually
33. 1:04gathering over 50 raincoats, rubber,
34. 1:06stacks of wood, and all sorts of scrap,
35. 1:08all without anyone becoming suspicious.
36. 1:11From these materials, they crafted
37. 1:13flotation vests, boat paddles, and a
38. 1:15large inflatable raft to cross the
39. 1:16dangerous currents surrounding Alcatraz
40. 1:18. After nearly a year of secret
41. 1:20preparations, everything was finally
42. 1:22ready. First, they placed fake heads on
43. 1:24their respective bunks. These heads
44. 1:25were made of paper, soap, and real
45. 1:27human hair so that the guards would
46. 1:28think they were sleeping at night.
47. 1:30After that, all three slipped through
48. 1:32the holes they had made and closed them
49. 1:34behind them one last time. Then, they
50. 1:36gathered again in the tunnel, picked up
51. 1:38all their gear, and began climbing
52. 1:40upward. They navigated through a maze
53. 1:42of pipes and air ducts, remaining
54. 1:44completely silent the entire way.
55. 1:46Eventually, they reached the top and
56. 1:47emerged through a final vent onto the
57. 1:49prison roof. From there, they dashed
58. 1:51toward the edge, grabbed a drain pipe,
59. 1:53and used it to reach the ground below.
60. 1:55Then, they crossed a high, heavy wall
61. 1:57and headed toward the water. Before any
62. 1:59guard could spot them, they threw their
63. 2:01raft into the water, boarded it, and
64. 2:02headed out from Alcatraz toward the sea
65. 2:04, never to be seen again. They left
66. 2:06behind one of the most mysterious and
67. 2:08unsolved prison escape cases in history
68. 2:10.