. >> three men clarence anglin his brother and morris disappeared from the prison and were never seenthey really get away? darwin coon thinks so. coon is a former inmate who says he helped the three escapees he would have joined them but escape wasn't possible from his cell. >> they're in south america some place i would imagine. one of these days when they get to their death bed they're going to holler here i am and then you will know they made it. >> reporter: iron bars everywhere, guard towers at every tournament alcatraz was considered escape proof and it kept that reputation for a long time. the federal parks department which runs the island now has restored the cells of the three men who escaped complete with the dummies they used to fool guards. with tools they made themselves including an electric drill. i asked ranger rich wheaterman how they could dig without making a sound. he explained that the men made the hole on the nights that the prison orchestra practiced. they would meet in this corridor behind the wall. >> these were strong young guys. they could do this kind of cl