Narrative Essays: The Few Who Escaped Alcatraz

The Few Who Escaped Alcatraz Alcatraz was one of the most notorious prisons during the early 1930’s to early 1960’s. All the well known gang members like Al “Scarface” Capone and Robert “Birdman of Alcatraz” were convicted and sent to live the rest of their life in Alcatraz. The U.S. praised Alcatraz for being inescapable. Everyone thought Alcatraz was “escape proof”, but they were proven wrong. Three men did the impossible and managed to escape the hell hole called Alcatraz.However, I don’t think they could survive the escape due to the information I read about accounts after their escape. Alcatraz was located in the middle on the cold waters of The San Francisco Bay. It was made sure that nobody could escape. Alcatraz held the smartest victims, but it was very difficult to find a way to escape. About 36 men in total attempted to escape from Alcatraz. Twenty three were caught, six were shot and killed, and two drowned. Except three random inmates did the impossible. These inmates that escaped were Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin. Nobody expected these three random inmates to crack the code and do what no one could.

Everyone thought Alcatraz was “escape proof”, but they were proven wrong. About 36 men in total attempted to escape from Alcatraz. The three men who actually escaped and did the impossible were Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin. Frank Morris was seen as the mastermind behind the escape. Frank Morris and The Anglin Brothers escaped from Alcatraz on June 11, 1962. To travel on water, the inmates used a raft made of raincoats. The biggest part of the escape was that the three men created fake dummy heads of themselves to use as decoys. The FBI discovered that there might be a chance that the inmates didn’t survive. The escape of these three men will forever go down in