Prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 could be alive say relatives

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Three Alcatraz inmates presumed dead after making a daring escape from the island prison more than 50 years ago survived and could still be alive today, their families say.

Brothers John and Clarence Anglin and fellow inmate Frank Morris made it off the island on a makeshift raft in June 1962 and were never seen again, with prison officials insisting they drowned.

But relatives of the Anglins say they have proof the men paddled to shore and survived, which includes signed Christmas cards sent to the brothers' mother and a photograph which they claim is evidence they were alive in the 1970s.

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