How did David Copperfield escape Alcatraz?

He disarms the explosive and, hiding himself in a cardboard box, vanishes in a shower of a sparks. When the police hurry to their helicopter, they find that Copperfield—and the cat—have already commandeered it, and they fly off the island, having successfully escaped.



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Bill Baker is part of that living history. He was Alcatraz prisoner number 1259. He is now 89 years old and one of the last surviving former inmates of Alcatraz.

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Back on July 9, 1960, a seven-year-old boy named Roger Woodward was swept over Horseshoe Falls, wearing only a lifejacket and somehow survived.

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In the 1930s, Alcatraz was already a forbidding place, surrounded by the cold, rough waters of the Pacific. The redesign included tougher iron bars, a series of strategically positioned guard towers, and strict rules, including a dozen checks a day of the prisoners. Escape seemed near impossible.

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The U.S. Marshals Service released updated renderings of what three missing Alcatraz fugitives would look like in their 80s with hopes to put them back behind bars. That's if they're still alive. If the men are still alive they would be in their 90s today.

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