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Escape From Alcatraz Analysis

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Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers had a plan to escape the rock. At the Alcatraz jail the lights went out at exactly 9:30. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers wanted to prove everyone wrong so they made an ingenious plan to escape from the rock. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers died trying to escape from Alcatraz. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers didn’t escape Alcatraz because of the San Francisco Bay which was a very dangerous. In the article Escape from Alcatraz it states “Hypothermia would have set in right away, and the powerful current would have easily dragged them to their deaths. This shows that they would have an easy chance of dying because of the strong currents and their boat was only made out of raincoats. They could

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