On January 11, 1949, he was sent to the Florida State Penitentiary for 4 years for breaking and entering. On February 14, 1949, he attempted to escape, was arrested a few hours later and sent back to prison. March 31, 1949 - second escape attempt, arrested on the same day. January 25, 1950 - third attempt to escape, was arrested the next day and received an additional three years for escape and car theft. November 6, 1950 - another attempt escaped, was arrested and taken to prison the same day. June 16, 1951 - fifth, successful attempt to escape from a prison barracks.

On January 10, 1952, he was arrested for drug possession and armed robbery. On June 13, 1952, he was sentenced to ten years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Escaped from prison.

On the night of November 24–25, 1955, Morris and two accomplices robbed a bank in Slidell, Louisiana, the amount stolen was $6,165 in coins weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The entrance to the bank was made through a hole in the wall of the first floor, although there had previously been an unsuccessful attempt to enter the vault through the ceiling from the office located above. The criminals managed to cut the wall of vault No. 1, but were unable to gain access there. The attempt to open vault No. 2 was successful.

On January 12, 1956, he was arrested in New Orleans for illegal flight to avoid criminal prosecution; on September 13, 1956, he tried to escape from custody. For bank robbery on September 23, 1956, he was sentenced to 14 years. On September 20, 1959, he attempted to escape through a window by pushing apart the prison bars. On January 18, 1960, he was transferred from the Atlanta prison to Alcatraz. In total, Morris had made 11 prison escape attempts up to this point.

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Notes

Literature

  • J. Campbell Bruce.(1963). Escape from Alcatraz. ISBN 1-58008-678-0.
  • Alcatraz: Original FBI Files: Interesting FBI Paperwork Involving Cases Surrounding This Event. Really Neat!. Patricia Richard Publisher
  • Jolene Babyak.(2001). Breaking the Rock: the Great Escape From Alcatraz. ISBN 0-9618752-3-2

Links

  • // Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

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- Well, au revoir, [goodbye,] goodbye. Do you see?
- So tomorrow you will report to the sovereign?
- Definitely, but I don’t promise Kutuzov.
“No, promise, promise, Basile, [Vasily],” Anna Mikhailovna said after him, with the smile of a young coquette, which must once have been characteristic of her, but now did not suit her exhausted face.
She apparently forgot her years and, out of habit, used all the old feminine remedies. But as soon as he left, her face again took on the same cold, feigned expression that was on it before. She returned to the circle, in which the Viscount continued to talk, and again pretended to listen, waiting for the time to leave, since her work was done.
– But how do you find all this latest comedy du sacre de Milan? [Milan anointing?] - said Anna Pavlovna. Et la nouvelle comedie des peuples de Genes et de Lucques, qui viennent presenter leurs voeux a M. Buonaparte assis sur un throne, et exaucant les voeux des nations! Adorable! Non, mais c"est a en devenir folle! On dirait, que le monde entier a perdu la tete. [And here is a new comedy: the peoples of Genoa and Lucca express their desires to Mr. Bonaparte. And Mr. Bonaparte sits on the throne and fulfills the desires of the peoples. 0! this is amazing! No, you can go crazy from this. You will think that the whole world has lost its head.]
Prince Andrei grinned, looking straight into Anna Pavlovna’s face.
“Dieu me la donne, gare a qui la touche,” he said (the words Bonaparte said when laying on the crown). “On dit qu"il a ete tres beau en prononcant ces paroles, [God gave me the crown. Trouble is the one who touches it. “They say he was very good in saying these words,” he added and repeated these words again in Italian: “Dio mi la dona, guai a chi la tocca.”
“J"espere enfin," Anna Pavlovna continued, "que ca a ete la goutte d"eau qui fera deborder le verre. Les souverains ne peuvent plus supporter cet homme, qui menace tout. [I hope that this was finally the drop that overflows the glass. The sovereigns can no longer tolerate this man who threatens everything.]
– Les souverains? Je ne parle pas de la Russie,” said the Viscount politely and hopelessly: “Les souverains, madame!” Qu"ont ils fait pour Louis XVII, pour la reine, pour Madame Elisabeth? Rien,” he continued animatedly. “Et croyez moi, ils subissent la punition pour leur trahison de la cause des Bourbons. Les souverains? Ils envoient des ambassadeurs complimenter l"usurpateur. [Sirs! I'm not talking about Russia. Sirs! But what did they do for Louis XVII, for the queen, for Elizabeth? Nothing. And, believe me, they are being punished for their betrayal of the Bourbon cause. Sirs! They send envoys to greet the thief of the throne.]
And he, sighing contemptuously, changed his position again. Prince Hippolyte, who had been looking at the Viscount through his lorgnette for a long time, suddenly at these words turned his whole body to the little princess and, asking her for a needle, began to show her, drawing with a needle on the table, the coat of arms of Condé. He explained this coat of arms to her with such a significant air, as if the princess had asked him about it.
- Baton de gueules, engrele de gueules d "azur - maison Conde, [A phrase that is not translated literally, as it consists of conventional heraldic terms that are not used entirely accurately. The general meaning is this: The coat of arms of Conde represents a shield with red and blue narrow jagged stripes ,] - he said.
The princess listened, smiling.
“If Bonaparte remains on the throne of France for another year,” the Viscount continued the conversation that had begun, with the air of a man who does not listen to others, but in a matter that is best known to him, following only the course of his thoughts, “then things will go too far.” By intrigue, violence, expulsions, executions, society, I mean good society, French, will be destroyed forever, and then...
He shrugged and spread his arms. Pierre wanted to say something: the conversation interested him, but Anna Pavlovna, who was watching him, interrupted.
“Emperor Alexander,” she said with the sadness that always accompanied her speeches about the imperial family, “announced that he would let the French themselves choose their mode of government.” And I think there is no doubt that the whole nation, freed from the usurper, will throw itself into the hands of the rightful king,” said Anna Pavlovna, trying to be polite to the emigrant and royalist.
“This is doubtful,” said Prince Andrei. “Monsieur le vicomte [Mr. Viscount] quite rightly believes that things have already gone too far. I think it will be difficult to go back to the old ways.
“As far as I heard,” Pierre, blushing, again intervened in the conversation, “almost the entire nobility has already gone over to Bonaparte’s side.”
“That’s what the Bonapartists say,” said the Viscount, without looking at Pierre. – Now it is difficult to know the public opinion of France.
“Bonaparte l"a dit, [Bonaparte said this],” said Prince Andrei with a grin.
(It was clear that he did not like the Viscount, and that, although he did not look at him, he directed his speeches against him.)
“Je leur ai montre le chemin de la gloire,” he said after a short silence, again repeating the words of Napoleon: “ils n"en ont pas voulu; je leur ai ouvert mes antichambres, ils se sont precipites en foule”... Je ne sais pas a quel point il a eu le droit de le dire. [I showed them the path of glory: they did not want; I opened my halls to them: they rushed in a crowd... I don’t know to what extent he had the right to say so.]
“Aucun, [None],” the Viscount objected. “After the Duke’s murder, even the most biased people stopped seeing him as a hero.” “Si meme ca a ete un heros pour certaines gens,” said the Viscount, turning to Anna Pavlovna, “depuis l"assassinat du duc il y a un Marietyr de plus dans le ciel, un heros de moins sur la terre. [If he was a hero for some people, then after the murder of the Duke there was one more martyr in heaven and one less hero on earth.]

On January 11, 1949, he was sent to the Florida State Penitentiary for 4 years for breaking and entering. On February 14, 1949, he attempted to escape, was arrested a few hours later and sent back to prison. March 31, 1949 - second escape attempt, arrested on the same day. January 25, 1950 - third attempt to escape, was arrested the next day and received an additional three years for escape and car theft. November 6, 1950 - another escape attempt, arrested and taken to prison on the same day. June 16, 1951 - fifth, successful attempt to escape from a prison barracks.

On January 10, 1952, he was arrested for drug possession and armed robbery. On June 13, 1952, he was sentenced to ten years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Escaped from prison.

On the night of November 24–25, 1955, Morris and two accomplices robbed a bank in Slidell, Louisiana, the amount stolen was $6,165 in coins weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The entrance to the bank was made through a hole in the wall of the first floor, although there had previously been an unsuccessful attempt to enter the vault through the ceiling from the office located above. The criminals managed to cut the wall of vault No. 1, but were unable to gain access there. The attempt to open vault No. 2 was successful.

On January 12, 1956, he was arrested in New Orleans for illegal flight to avoid criminal prosecution; on September 13, 1956, he tried to escape from custody. For bank robbery on September 23, 1956, he was sentenced to 14 years. On September 20, 1959, he attempted to escape through a window by pushing apart the prison bars. On January 18, 1960, he was transferred from the Atlanta prison to Alcatraz. In total, Morris had made 11 prison escape attempts up to this point.

On June 11, 1962, together with John Anglin and his brother Clarence (Alain West also helped them, but he failed to escape on the night of the escape) they made the only escape in the history of the prison that was successful. The FBI conducted a major operation to find the fugitives, but it was unsuccessful. According to the official version, the criminals failed to cross the bay.

Nothing is known about the results of the escape from Alcatraz, despite many years of searching. One of the interviewees said that if he had to look for Morris and the Anglin brothers, he would begin the search in Mexico from the vicinity of Guadalajara, since Morris, fluent in Spanish, spent a lot of time in this area from 1953 to 1956, and had a lot of knowledge there. acquaintances However, the investigation in the specified area did not bring results.

?) is an American criminal who took part in the escape from Alcatraz in June 1962.

Frank Lee Morris was born according to various sources on September 1, 1922, 1925, 1926 and 1928. Place of birth is also according to various sources Washington, D.C.; Mobile, Alabama; Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Ednor, Maryland. A 1955 vital records investigation revealed that Morris was born on September 1, 1926, in Washington, D.C.

Height: 5" 7 1/2"

Weight: 135-145 lbs

Hair: dark

Eyes: brown

Nicknames: Carl Cecil Clark Carl Cecil Clark), Frank Line (eng. Frank Laine), Frank Lane (eng. Frank Lane), Frank William Lyrons (eng. Frank William Lyrons), Joseph A. McEntee (eng. Joseph A. McEntee), Stanley O'Neill (eng. Stanley O'Neil).

Nickname: Ace Ace).

Occupations: car painter, painter, car salesman, laborer, boxer, odd jobs.

Scars and Markings: Scar in the middle of the forehead, scar on the left arm near the wrist, scar on the left bicep, smallpox vaccination scar on the left shoulder, scar on the left little finger, scar on the left elbow, several scars on both shins, one scar on the left foot , several scars on the chin.

Tattoos: devil's head on right shoulder; a star on the left knee, above the star the number 7, below the star the number 11; star on the right knee; star on thumb left hand; number 13 on the index finger of the left hand; circle between big and index finger left hand; letters N.T.S.B. or N.B. on the left shoulder; star in the center of the forehead (possibly flattened); letter C on left index finger.

Relatives: no data in the Alcatraz file. In investigations in 1945 and 1951, Morris reported in both cases that his parents had died when he was 11 years old. In 1945, he claimed that his only surviving relative was his aunt, and indicated her supposed place of residence. But her search yielded no results.

Morris's criminal history begins on November 13, 1940, when he was sent to the Columbia Juvenile Institution for 6 years, 9 months, 19 days, from where he was paroled on April 9, 1942, then again placed there for a second violation of the law on May 2 1942.

On January 22, 1943, for escape and burglary, he was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio for 6 years, 9 months and 18 days.

From December 19, 1945 to July 12, 1948, Morris served time for burglary in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

On January 11, 1949, he was sent to the Florida State Penitentiary for 4 years for breaking and entering. On February 14, 1949, he attempted to escape, was arrested a few hours later and sent back to prison. March 31, 1949 - second escape attempt, arrested on the same day. January 25, 1950 - third attempt to escape, was arrested the next day and received an additional three years for escape and car theft. November 6, 1950 - another escape attempt, arrested and taken to prison on the same day. June 16, 1951 - fifth, successful attempt to escape from a prison barracks.

On January 10, 1952, he was arrested for drug possession and armed robbery. On June 13, 1952, he was sentenced to ten years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Escaped from prison.

On the night of November 24–25, 1955, Morris and two accomplices robbed a bank in Slidell, Louisiana, the amount stolen was $6,165 in coins weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The bank was entered through a hole in the wall of the first floor, although there had previously been an unsuccessful attempt to enter the vault through the ceiling from the office located above. The criminals managed to cut the wall of vault No. 1, but were unable to gain access there. The attempt to open vault No. 2 was successful.

On January 12, 1956, he was arrested in New Orleans for illegal flight to avoid criminal prosecution; on September 13, 1956, he tried to escape from custody. For bank robbery on September 23, 1956, he was sentenced to 14 years. On September 20, 1959, he attempted to escape through a window by pushing apart the prison bars. On January 18, 1960, he was transferred from the Atlanta prison to Alcatraz. In total, Morris had made 11 prison escape attempts up to this point.

On June 11, 1962, together with John Anglin and his brother Clarence (Alain West also helped them, but he failed to escape on the night of the escape) they made the only escape in the history of the prison that was successful. The FBI conducted a major operation to find the fugitives, but it was unsuccessful. According to the official version, the criminals were unable to cross the bay.

The results of the escape from Alcatraz are still unknown despite many years of searching. One of the interviewees said that if he had to search for Morris and the Anglin brothers, he would begin the search in Mexico from the vicinity of Guadalajara, since Morris, fluent in Spanish, spent a lot of time in this area from 1953 to 1956, and had a lot of knowledge there. acquaintances However, the investigation in the specified area did not bring results.

June 27th, 2018

Alcatraz is an island in San Francisco Bay that was home to a famous prison until 1963. Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and other guys with very tough characters were kept here. It was considered almost impossible to escape from here, primarily because ice water bay and the 10 species of sharks that live in it.

It is officially believed that in the entire history of the American Alcatraz prison, no one has managed to escape from there. The prison is located on an island, two kilometers from the mainland and is well guarded. From 1934 to 1963, there were 14 escape attempts at Alcatraz, most of the escapees were caught or shot. But there is one exception in this series, the escape of Frank Lee Morris and the Anglin brothers, which became the only successful escape in the entire history of the prison.

Frank was 33 years old when he arrived at Alcatraz. He spent his childhood in orphanages and with teenage years had problems with the law. In Alcatraz, Frank met old friends, brothers John and Clarence Anglin. They were in prison together in Atlanta. The brothers ended up in Alcatraz for bank robbery. As soon as he got to prison, Frank began to look for escape options.

The escape plan was that the friends had to get out to the outer wall and leave the cursed island on an inflatable raft. They decided to make the raft from rubber raincoats, which the prison administration issued to prisoners. It took 50 raincoats to make the raft, some of them were donated by other prisoners, and some had to be stolen.

There was a technical corridor next to the conspirators’ cells; to get into it, you had to dig through the cell wall. To dig a hole in the wall, they adapted a motor from a vacuum cleaner, to which a steel spoon was screwed. The work was carried out during the “musical hour”, so the prison guards did not hear any suspicious sounds beyond the general noise. During the day, the tunnel was camouflaged using a false wall.
Finally, everything was ready. On June 11, 1962, at 9:30 p.m., the friends left their cells. To lull the guards' vigilance, they placed artificial heads made of papier-mâché on the pillows and covered them with blankets. The heads were very similar to real ones, even the hair on them was natural, they were collected in the prison hairdresser. The fugitives climbed through pipes to the roof of the prison and climbed down the outer wall.

After that, they went down to the shore, where they found a blind spot for the searchlights, inflated the raft using a converted accordion, put on homemade life jackets from waterproof raincoats and sailed away from the island.

In the morning, an alarm was declared in the prison, a search began, but the fugitives were never found. No one had ever left Alcatraz alive, so authorities announced that Frank and the Anglin brothers had drowned.
The FBI, US Marshals and police launched a huge search operation, but found only a deflated raft, scraps of life jackets and the wallet of one of the Anglins with notes on friends and relatives. In the end, they decided that all three died while trying to swim across the strait. Until recently, it was officially believed that no one managed to escape from Alcatraz to freedom.

In 1979, the film Escape From Alcatraz was filmed starring Clint Eastwood, who played Frank Morris.

Journalists and experts continued to be interested in this case, and it even went so far as to try to simulate the weather and currents in the strait on the night of the escape. It turned out that between midnight and morning the conditions were quite favorable and the raft could reach the other shore. In 2012, just in case, the US Department of Justice asked experts to simulate on a computer what the escapees might look like in 50 years.

The case of the escape of prisoners from Alcatraz prison was reopened many years after it was closed. In 2013, the FBI received a letter from a man who signed his name as John Anglin, one of three criminals who tried to escape the island in 1962 and were presumed dead. Perhaps for this famous trio, about whom a film was made with Clint Eastwood, everything did not end as written in the official conclusion.

At the same time, relatives of the Anglins and Morris have repeatedly stated that the escapees called and sent them postcards. The sister of John and Clarence Anglin maintained throughout her life that they managed to escape to Mexico and hide. But the FBI was skeptical about her stories - until 2013, when the bureau received a letter handwritten and signed by John Anglin, The Telegraph reports.

“My name is John Anglin. I escaped Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris. I'm 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer. Yes, we all managed to escape that night, but we barely survived! Frank died in October 2005. His grave is in Alexandria, there is a different name on the slab. My brother died in 2011. If you announce on television that you promise to send me to prison for no more than a year and provide me with treatment, I will write to you again and tell you exactly where I am. This is not a joke, everything is real and honest.”

The FBI waited five years to release the letter because agents had reasonable doubts about its authenticity. However, the case has been reopened and authorities are now officially looking for John Anglin. However, most likely, he had already died if he really had cancer and did not receive any help for five years.

Alcatraz, "cormorant island" in Spanish, was built in the 50s of the 19th century as a military fortress. There was a prison at the fortress, where deserters from the army of the North and war criminals were initially kept. In 1933, the island came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice. Al Capone, in particular, was imprisoned here, and he even managed to get out - but only after the end of his sentence. A film is being made about this right now with Tom Hardy.

In total, 36 people tried to escape from the prison, 23 were caught, and the rest were either shot while escaping or drowned. At least that's what was thought before. In 1963, less than a year after John Anglin escaped, the prison was closed. Now excursions are carried there from San Francisco.

By the way, you can escape from Alcatraz in our time

Escape from Alcatraz is a cult and desirable race for triathletes. Despite the fact that the registration fee is high (750 USD), a lottery has to be held among thousands of potential participants in which 1,500 slots out of 2,000 possible are drawn. The remaining 500 are given to athletes of the PRO category, participants of charity programs and athletes who qualified through other competitions.
It is also possible to qualify through one of the other Escape Triathlon series races. Well, no one canceled entry through sponsors and charitable organizations.

The original distance is 2.4 km swimming, 29 km cycling, 13 km running. Moreover, after a massive jump from the ferry, you have to swim in water temperatures from 10 to 16 degrees, and drive and run along the steep hills of San Francisco.

Another feature of the running stage is the famous Sand Ladder with 400 steps. Many people climb it briskly, holding on to the rope railing, but professionals run here too. There is even a separate test for the stairs.

It is clear that the priority for the organizers is the safety of the athletes. Swimming stage is controlled big amount boat rescuers. In case of urgent need, participants are allowed to briefly climb into the boat to rest or get their bearings.

The time limit for swimming is 1 hour. But even if you fail, you will not be disqualified, but will be given a lift to the shore and allowed to continue the race. As for the scary sharks, they are small in the San Francisco Bay and are not interested in people. Large ones come only occasionally to hunt seals. Other marine life is not dangerous for triathletes.

The race is very difficult and not recommended for beginners. Nevertheless, participants are usually delighted with it. “I haven’t had such a beautiful and comfortable sailing since the days of the Bosphorus and if it weren’t for the current and big waves, then I probably would have gone for a second round to the island,” writes Artem Kalabin.

He experienced similar emotions from the running stage: “There is probably no such beautiful distance anywhere else. It should be run even without participating in this race.”

For most athletes, Escape from Alcatraz is all about participating, not winning. This is an experience that will last a lifetime, and the finisher’s medal will certainly be passed on to your grandchildren in a solemn ceremony.
But the race, of course, also has its heroes. Thus, IRONMAN 70.3 world champion - 2007 Andy Potts won it 6 times, 2000 Olympic silver medalist Michelle Jones - 8. She also holds the women's track record of 2:08:54 (2004). Absolutely best time in the same year Simon Lessing showed 1:54:41.

Victory in San Francisco brightens the resumes of other famous triathletes. In particular, Paula Newby-Fraser, Chris McCormack and Javier Gomez.


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IN early years During the work of Alcatraz, Chief Johnston supported a policy of silence, which many prisoners considered the most intolerable punishment. There were many complaints demanding its cancellation. There were rumors that several prisoners went crazy because of this rule. The silence policy was later abolished, one of the few rule changes on Alcatraz.

The main corridor of the prison building was called "Broadway" by prisoners, and the cells on the second tier along this passage were the most coveted in the prison. Other cells were located downstairs, were cold, and were frequently passed by staff and prisoners.

The prison had its own Times Square

And also Michigan Avenue

How did the prisoners relax?

Pay attention to Al Capone's face:) He liked it here...

Block D. Those who distinguished themselves even in Alcatraz were placed here. These are 6 closed dark chambers, they were also called “The Hole”. The prisoners went crazy here. They were usually placed here for several days or more. No one sat here for more than 19 days.

Inside view

This guy was imprisoned for disturbing the order in the museum))

Prison library

Prisoners' Walking Field

Dining room

This is what she looks like now

The Escape of Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers

The most famous escape attempt was made by Frank Morris and brothers John Anglin and Clarence Anglin. The three escaped from their cells on June 11, 1962, in one of the most elaborate escape plans ever.

Behind the cells in the prison building there was an unprotected service tunnel about one meter wide. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers took turns picking out pieces of moisture-damaged concrete to reach the service tunnel. They used a homemade drill for this purpose, made from a metal spoon soldered with silver from a dime to a motor stolen from a vacuum cleaner. The noise from the improvised drill was masked by the music that had been playing for an hour. When the hole in the wall was ready, the trio made papier-mâché dolls in their beds so that their absence would not be discovered prematurely by the guards.

When everything was ready, the fugitives crawled through the hole and blocked it from the inside with bricks. Then, having unbent the bars protecting the grille fan, they climbed onto the roof and went down to the water through the drainpipe. There, on a pre-made raft made of rubber raincoats, they sailed from the shore at 10 o'clock in the evening.

However, most likely, the fugitives did not swim to the shore, perishing somewhere in the cold waters of the bay. Officially, they are considered missing. According to the unofficial version, they could have reached the shore and disappeared. The official FBI investigation was assisted by another prisoner, Allen West, who also prepared the escape, but did not go through with his accomplices.

In 2003, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-creators of the San Francisco-based Discovery Channel television series Mythbusters, tried to figure out whether it was possible so that the fugitives survive. Using the same materials to build the raft as in 1962, they built a raft from 30 rubber raincoats and made oars from plywood (presumably the same material was used by the real fugitives). The MythBusters logically assumed that since the fugitives were smart enough to plan such an escape, then most likely they were smart enough to use the current as an assistant in their escape, which means they were not sailing to Angel Island, as the police believe and about which they are probably introducing delusion, they told the fourth participant in the escape, and to the north side of the Marin Headlands or the “Golden Gate” of San Francisco. Heineman and Savage waited for similar weather conditions and the direction of the current, characteristic of the time of year when the prisoners escaped.

The role of the third prisoner was another member of the film crew, Will Abbott. They began to row downstream towards the Marin Headlands, near the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. The swim took no more than 40 minutes, and Heineman and Savage concluded that perhaps the fugitives managed to reach land and escape.

According to Alcatraz historian Frank Heaney, who spoke with relatives of the Anglin brothers, they claim that they received a postcard from South America, signed by both brothers, but they had never heard a word about Frank Morris. Despite this data, the actual fate of the prisoners remains unknown, and the $1,000,000 reward for their capture offered in 1993 by Red & White Fleet, the operator of ferry services to Alcatraz, still remains unclaimed.
In 1979, the film “Escape from Alcatraz” was made based on this escape. The role of Frank Morris was played by Clint Eastwood.