The remarkable story of how three prisoners managed to escape Alcatraz

[post_page_title]Time to go[/post_page_title]

After months of preparation, it was finally time to leave. There was a problem for one inmate, Allen West, the fourth member of the gang.

Time to go

His escape hole had to be cemented over to make sure it hid the crumbled wall he had been digging at. The cement had hardened, and he couldn’t get the steel grate off. By the time West was able to get through his hole the rest of the escape crew had already left without him.

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