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| A Look Back At the Escape From Dannemora And Its Aftermath |
| By wamc.org- Pat Bradley |
| Published: 12/30/2015 |
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The morning of June 6, 2015 was to become historic for the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York. The facility had never had an escape occur from its maximum security wing – until that day. As part of our series on the biggest stories of 2015, WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley looks back at the 23-day manhunt and its aftermath. Officials awoke on June 6th to discover that convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat had cut through walls, accessed catwalks and crawled through an inactive steam pipe to eventually gain their freedom via a manhole. It led to an intensive 23-day manhunt with thousands of searchers from police, corrections, border patrol and numerous agencies across challenging Adirondack terrain, described by New York State Forest Ranger Captain John Streiff. “This area contains mountains, hills and ravines. The area is heavily forested. The undergrowth on these lands is thick.” Read More. |
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