i'm randi kaye in dannemora, new york. i'm standing just yards away from clinton correctional facility, where inmates richard matt and david sweat broke out of. it's the first escape from this facility since it opened in the late 1800s. that story was a story almost too twisted to believe, involving betrayal, manipulation, and sex. before the sun even began to rise over the small town of dannemora, new york, they were gone. an escape plan worthy of a screenplay carried out by two very dangerous men. >> on a scale of one to ten, they are a ten, dangerous wild animal. >> prisoners richard matt and david sweat had adjoining cells here at clinton correctional facility. the two were last seen friday night, june 5th, around 10:30 p.m. during what's called a standing count where both matt and sweat showed themselves standing inside their cells. but just hours later, a shocking discovery that would leave prison guards shaking their heads, law enforcement on high alert, and this small upstate new york community terrified. >> this w

. >> remember over the summer two guys escaped from the jail up state in dannemora? the whole country watched. they had help from inside. another person in trouble, gene palmer. a corrections officer. he is accused of helping these guys. but he pleaded not guilty. >> says he did not know they planned to break out after more than three weeks on the run. after a massive manhunt, richard matt and david sweat were shot. one of them was actually apprehended alive. anyway he said this officer did not know anything about this. and you know, we'll see how it goes from there. >> he did have inappropriate relationship. he gave them supplies. matt was a bit of a painter. he actually took paintings from him and gave him tools to create art. so he is still in some trouble. >> it has been 36 years since crisis. on november 4th, 1979, the pro-ayatollah students stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran. they immediately took 66 hostages. this was a wild time. they were held for had 444 days. president carter, this presidency. it was number unstory on the news every day more than a year, r