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Alcatraz escape, 50 years later

Fifty years after three inmates used spoons to burrow out of Alcatraz Island's federal prison and escape on a raft made of raincoats, their relatives visited the scene of America's most famous jail break and said they were sure the convicts survived.

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Alcatraz escape, 50 years later

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  1. John Anglin's cell at the former Alcatraz Island federal prison greets visitors on Monday, June 11, 2012, in the San Francisco Bay. On June 11, 1962, Anglin and two other inmates escaped from the prison using holes, pictured in the background, dug out of their cell walls. The National Park Service is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the escape of the three bank robbers. REUTERS/Noah Berger

  2. A copy of John and Clarence Anglin's wanted poster rests outside a medical cell on Alcatraz Island on Monday, June 11, 2012, in the San Francisco Bay. REUTERS/Noah Berger

  3. Wearing a shirt celebrating her brothers' escape from Alcatraz Island's federal prison, a sister of John and Clarence Anglin visits the former prison on Monday, June 11, 2012, in the San Francisco Bay. REUTERS/Noah Berger

  4. Mearl Anglin Taylor, right, and her sister Marie Anglin Widner discuss their brothers' escape from Alcatraz Island's federal prison on Monday, June 11, 2012, in the San Francisco Bay. Both said they believe the brothers survived the June 11, 1962, escape. Clarence and John Anglin along with fellow convict Frank Morris dug their way out of cells with spoons before boarding a raft made from raincoats. The National Park Service is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the escape of the three bank robbers. REUTERS/Noah Berger

  5. A ferry boat approaches Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay on Monday, June 11, 2012. Monday marked the fifty year anniversary of a three man escape from the island commemorated by the National Parks Service. REUTERS/Noah Berger

  6. U.S. Marshal Michael Dyke, who still searches for three convicts who escaped from Alcatraz Island's federal prison fifty years ago, stands in a medical cell on Alcatraz on Monday, June 11, 2012, in the San Francisco Bay. REUTERS/Noah Berger

  7. Visitors pass Alcatraz Island's federal prison social hall in the San Francisco Bay on Monday, June 11, 2012. Monday marked the fifty year anniversary of a three man escape from the island commemorated by the National Parks Service. REUTERS/Noah Berger

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