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Alcatraz Escape — Part 5
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AT SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Numerous searches were conducted during this investi-
4ition, each with negative resuits as to the iocation of the
Escapees. These searches are summarized as follows:
SEARCHES BY WATER AND AIR 7
Es U. S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port of San Francisco, arranged to have two 40-foot boats patrol
the San Francisco Bay 24 hours a day, searching for any evidence
“elating to this matter and beginning on June 12, 1962. The area
most frequently searched included the San Francisco piers and
yacht harbor, the areas surrounding Alcatraz Island, Angel Isiand
(about one mile north of Alcatraz), and the Marin County coast-
line from Belvedere to the Golden Gate.
i .... arranged for a Coast Guard helicopter b
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to be used in this search with Special Agents riding as observers.
The helicopter was used daily from June 12 through 22, 1962,
covering both the San Francisco Bay and the ocean front beaches
approximately 20 miles north and south of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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eo Special Agents of the FBI, using small boats, also
= patrolled the Marin County Bay shoreline on June 12 and 13, 1962,
a from Point Belvedere to the Golden Gate.
Special Agents of the FBI and Deputy Sheriffs of Marin
County conducted aerial searches of the Marin County Bay coastline
“pom San Quentin to Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco watere-
front, the Point Richmond area, and the vicinity of Alcatraz and
Angel Island on June 12, 1962, in a Piper Cub and a Stinson airplane,
FORT CRONKHITE BEACH
A thorough search of the Fort Cronkhite and Kirby
Beaches was made by Special Agents of the FBI on June 15-17,
1962, immediately following the recovery of the first life pre-
server In that area on June 15, 1962.
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