Join Mark Rober and his team (Cleo Abram, Johnny Harris) as they attempt to recreate the most ingenious prison escape in history: the legendary 1962 breakout from Alcatraz by Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers.<br /><br />Using modern engineering, meticulous research, and the exact materials the prisoners had, the team attempts all six critical steps of the elaborate plan to answer the burning question: Did they survive?<br /><br />What the Escapees Had to Accomplish:<br /><br />The Decoy Heads: Recreating the incredibly realistic fake heads made from soap, concrete dust, and human hair that fooled the prison guards [01:48].<br /><br />The Digging: Discovering how the prisoners managed to secretly carve out a hole in their cell walls over six months using only stolen spoons and a homemade power drill [04:30].<br /><br />The Secret Workshop: Sneaking into the utility corridor and using a makeshift periscope and an accordion to mask the noise of their work for months [05:59].<br /><br />The Raft: Constructing a functioning, multi-person life raft and life vests using over 50 stolen army-issued raincoats, rubber cement, and an accordion as an air pump [11:51].<br /><br />The Final Step: Testing the strong tidal currents of the San Francisco Bay to determine if a homemade raft could successfully navigate to land, revealing the escapees' true, rumored destination [18:15].<br /><br />Watch the engineering ingenuity of a century-old prison break and find out if Mark Rober's team could beat the odds in the frigid, shark-patrolled waters!
