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Letter suggests Alcatraz inmates survived infamous escape

The breakout of three inmates from Alcatraz in 1962 has been the subject of wild speculation for more than half a century. Now a handwritten letter is again raising questions about whether the men survived the frigid waters and deadly currents of San Francisco Bay. John Blackstone reports.
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