- The Last Guard Left
Jim Albright, the final guard to leave the Alcatraz penitentiary, decided to give an interview with San Francisco’s ABC 7 in March of 2018 to honor the 55th anniversary of Alcatraz’s closing its doors. He was on active duty during the time of the escape, so they asked him whether they thought the men had survived, like in the account of the letter, or if he thinks they had met their end in the cold waters.
He responded, “It depends on whether you’re talking to me or you’re talking to their mother. I believe they drowned, I really do.” According to his opinion, the author of the letter from ‘John Anglin’ is just someone who wants free cancer treatment.