Ringing The Alarm

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As the moon hung high in the midnight sky, Frank Lee Morris and the enigmatic Anglin brothers set sail on their makeshift raft, disappearing into the inky blackness of the San Francisco Bay. It was an audacious act of defiance, their final vanishing act.

It wasn’t until the early hours of the morning that the prison’s chilling realization struck like a bolt of lightning. The deafening sirens pierced the night, rousing the inmates from their slumber. In the hallowed halls of “The Rock,” an unprecedented escape had confounded all, leaving a bewildered prison in its wake. The impossible had become a reality, as the trio had defied the seemingly impenetrable fortress and slipped away into history’s shadow.