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John Paul Scott (January 3, 1927 – February 22, 1987) was an American criminal who is noted as the only escapee from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary known to have reached the San Francisco shore by swimming. He was recaptured almost immediately. Biography Scott was born in Springfield, Kentucky. He was convicted of bank robbery and the possession of unregistered firearms in Lexington, Kentucky, and sentenced to thirty years in prison. Alcatraz Scott was sent to Alcatraz Island in 1959 and given prisoner number #AZ 1403. On the evening of December 16, 1962, the 35-year-old tried to escape from the island, together with 31-year-old Darl Lee Parker (inmate #1413-AZ), a convicted bank robber and hijacker who was sentenced to 50 years. While working on culinary duty in a storage room below the kitchen, the two bent the bars of a window in the latrine of the cell block, climbed down a rope, and made it to the water. They then attempted to float to the San Francisco shore, a distance of 1.4 miles. For that purpose, they made water wings from stolen rubber gloves which they blew up. The escape was noticed at 5:47 a.m. Parker had to give up after a short time because he had broken his ankle during the escape. He was recaptured twenty minutes after the escape was discovered, on the rock formation Little Alcatraz, which lies 100 yards from Alcatraz Island. Although the Coast Guard was searching the bay, they failed to find Scott. At 7:40 a.m., the Presidio Military Police got a call from one of four teenagers who had found an unconscious man at Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. That man proved to be John Paul Scott, suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion. Apparently he had been carried by the ebbing tide to this location, approximately 3 miles from Alcatraz. After recovering in the Letterman General Hospital, he was immediately returned to Alcatraz. It had seemed impossible to escape from Alcatraz by swimming. The seasonal water temperature in the Bay is about 53 °F (12 °C) in December and the current can exceed 6 knots. Citing these facts, as well as razor-sharp rocks and occasional visits from great white sharks, prison officers had discouraged most escape attempts. When Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin had escaped and disappeared half a year earlier, prison officials had said that they had likely drowned (although the FBI just listed them as missing). Scott's escape shook this line of reasoning. For the first time it was proved that a prisoner could escape (if only temporarily) by swimming. Later life After the closing of Alcatraz, Scott was first transferred to Leavenworth and later to a prison in Marion, Illinois, where he made another escape attempt. From there he spent several years at the Oak Park Heights prison in Minnesota. He died in February 1987 in the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida. See also List of prison escapes References External links SFgenealogy alcatrazhistory.com Bureau of Prisons. Discover the John Paul Scott popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Paul Scott books.
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Where the Dead Wait
Ally Wilkes“Haunting….Ominous.” The New York Times Book ReviewA “wonderfully chilling” (Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author) polar gothic about a Victorian explorer in searc...
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The Maze
Nelson DeMille#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with a “genuinely thrilling” (The New York Times) suspense novel featuring his most popular character, former NYPD homic...
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Blood Lines
Nelson DeMille & Alex DemilleIn this “highly entertaining” New York Times bestseller from Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Army CID Special Agents Brodie and Taylor “are the modern warriors the world needs” (B...
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1 Corinthians
Scot McKnightPaul writes a letter to a church routinely in disagreement with Paul's vision for how to live as a Christian in Corinth (a Roman city). The Corinthians were daily challenged t...
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Stand-Up Guys
Kate Etue & Caroline SiegristStandUp Guys presents a diverse range of 50 Christian men, who saw social and world issues and decided to make their voices heard. Through biographical information paired with illu...
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The Conservative Mind
Russell Kirk"It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor." WILLIAM F BUCKLEY "A profound critique of co...
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The Book of Virtues
William J. BennettResponsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop...
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Kidnapped
Charles FoxThis title was previously published as Uncommon YouthThe true account behind the glamorous life and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made headlines in 1973, as s...
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Revelation
Scot McKnightRevelation is a wakeup call, not a blueprint for the final apocalypse. John spotlights corrupt human politic...
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The Deserter
Nelson DeMille & Alex DemilleNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partn...
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My Day with the Cup
Jim LangNeverbeforetold stories of wild celebrations and heartfelt moments with the Stanley Cup, in the words of the champions themselves, including Sidney Crosby, Brendan Shanahan, Larry ...
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The Gospel According to Paul
Jonathan BigginsMy fellow irrelevant Australians. Never, in the history of our democracy, has Australian political life been in such a parlous state. There are people living in this country who ha...
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A Stake in the Kingdom
Nigel TranterSeventh son of the penurious Laird of Balfour, the fiercely ambitiousDavid Beaton was determined to rise in the world by whatever meansavailable. Never one to be burdened by scru...
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Damien LewisOne of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill...
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Hms Crusader
A E LangsfordDeath by fire Death by ice. These were the twin threats confronting the seamen on the North Atlantic convoys: fire from the Luftwaffe's bombs, and from the torpedoes of the lurkin...