Alcatraz escape still surprises, 50 years on

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Frank Lee Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin (l-r) made it out of Alcatraz, but did they survive?

Those who ran Alcatraz liked to say nobody ever escaped alive.

But that hasn't stopped US marshals from continuing the search for three men who made it off the island 50 years ago. According to the official version, Frank Morris, and the brothers John and Clarence Anglin were presumed drowned in the cold and choppy waters of San Francisco Bay.

There are plenty of people who think they did make it ashore and have been in hiding ever since.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18404134

[yellowcanine]

1. If the homemade raft supported them they probably made it.

It is not that far to shore and as long as they were able to stay mostly out of the water they could have avoided hypothermia. Against that is the possibility that strong tides may have swept them out into the Pacific Ocean.