Feature: The Coast is Clear and The Great Escape from Alcatraz

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  As accurately depicted in the 1979 classic Escape from Alcatraz,

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  escaping the rock was damn near impossible.

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  That didn't stop 14 different escape attempts during the duration of the prison's existence,

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  involving 36 prisoners.

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  Considering that the lifetime number of inmates was 1,545 men,

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  a pretty small sample size in the scheme of things.

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  The efforts to escape Alcatraz had to be bold,

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  since leaving the island was extremely treacherous if not on a boat.

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  Joe Bowers tried to climb over a fence but was shot and died from his injuries.

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  The following year,

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  Theodore Cole and Ralph Rose escaped and attempted to swim to San Francisco,

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  only to get caught in a storm and drift away at sea, and their bodies were never found.

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  Hi, everybody.

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  My name is Shawna, and this is the American English Podcast.

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  My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States.

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  Through common expressions, pronunciation tips,

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  and interesting cultural snippets or stories,

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  I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.

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  Let's do it.

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  Hi, everyone.

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