Perhaps the Anglin brothers could have used Riley Gaines' advice. (Or maybe not? We'll never know.)
Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who has since fought for equity in women's sports, posted on X that she “successfully swam Alcatraz” on Friday.
The infamous prison-turned-museum is located right in San Francisco Bay, and it's about a 1.25-mile swim to shore.
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Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines speaks at an event. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal/USA TODAY Network)
“I successfully swam to Alcatraz with a bunch of the most amazing Navy Seals and veterans. It was a very fun (and funny) way to honor those who risk their lives for our great nation. God bless our troops!” he posted.
Gaines then sent an invitation to Keith Olbermann, with whom she had previously had feuds on social media, to try to accomplish the feat with her next time. “Although I'm not sure the general public would want to see him in Speedo.”
The prison opened in 1934, but did not last even 30 years.
Considering its distance from the coast, Alcatraz was rated as virtually escape-proof, although there were 14 documented escape attempts.
Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines swims the 200-meter butterfly in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships preliminaries on March 19, 2022 at the McAuley Aquatics Center in Atlanta, Georgia. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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But the most famous was the escape of June 11, 1962, starring John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris, which was also turned into a Hollywood movie: “Escape from Alcatraz.”
Whether all three made it to shore and survived remains a mystery, but they were also considered the most likely to succeed, though the FBI concluded the fugitives drowned due to the harsh conditions.
The three prisoners carved out an escape route from their own cells and built makeshift papier-mâché heads.
The final prison escape attempt, nearly six months later, was the basis for what has now become the “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon swim route.
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Gaines hosts the “Gaines for Girls” podcast on OutKick, where she discusses what’s happened to transgender people participating in women’s and girls’ sports.
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