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Alcatraz Escape — Part 8
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1/13/62
- =. Plood was identified on life
The lite preservers (your iuubers. rn 3's - :
wunber 8), the Tale. ia with the
Jable with the Anglin brothers.
all of the sane type ef”.
rubber-coated cotton fabric.:; THe submitted life -
preservers vere inflated until firm. . It was mcesipry. te first seal ..
three small punctures in the life preserver Jpcated in San Francisco
Bay (your.mumber 4). Weights were placed on these life pesservers.
, The apecinen from om top of "B" cell (your suber ) appeared to be.
completelysairtight remataing fire for several-hourg. The life .
a preserver Jocased at Fort Cromhite Beach aad the one located in
_ Ban Freacisco Bay lost most of tia air is about ea:hour. Movever,
' the rate of deflation was slow aad pressure sould ito doubt be ;
maintained by mouth. 2 . 89
All of the subuitted sav biades ta your, tteasd¢, 16 and 20
appear to be homemade, It appears that pieces Cree thd
number 16 ald your sumber 17 could represent aa ls>from which the
homenade sats were made. Some of these steel ‘oe are 11/16"
wide aad nd 20 roxinately 015" thick, Other f: ts are 1/2" wide aad
approx: 021" thick, In dimensions and appearaiice the 11/15"
steel ‘stripe, ae similar to metal from a Jarse oer opr ing. Steel banding
strap mater for use in prepar boxes for ahipadat is usually
softer than“the instant strip metal bet tf. ly simi
he 1/ terial is not:
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