January 13, 2013
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A Real Prison Break
Can any of you guess what this building is? Wait. Take a guess. Now guess again. And again. And yet again. You are wrong on all guesses. This is actually a prison if you can believe that located in downtown Chicago. I’m quite certain I have been past this building a few times but never realized it was a prison. Last month a couple of inmates escaped from this prison and the second prisoner was finally caught last week. Just how the fuck does somebody escape from a prison like this you ask? Well first of all you have to have a giant set of fucking balls to even attempt something so daring.
Although I was unable to confirm what floor they were on, I believe I recall reading that they were somewhere like on the 20th floor of this prison. They somehow managed to obtain 200 sheets which they tied together and, get this, scaled down the outside of the building. The windows they climbed out of were only six inches wide so they had to bust a hole through the bottom of the window to get out. Now here is where it giant set of balls come in. I would imagine they looked out the window and then started climbing down with nothing to secure them than those sheets. Now think about this for a second. It is highly unlikely that they climbed down at the same time. Honestly I have no idea if the sheets could hold two medium sized adults at the same time, but let’s just pretend for a second that they could, if you were them would you be willing to take your chances and find out if the sheets could hold both of them? What probably happened is that they each probably climbed down one at a time. Which brings me to another question. How the hell did the second guy know that the first guy had made it safely to the ground and that he should then start climbing down? Keep in mind that not only was he 20 floors up, it was also in the middle of the night and therefore dark. Furthermore, it is not like they could exactly yell at each other or communicate via cell phone to confirm he was down.
While certainly a long term sentence in a prison doesn’t seem very appealing to anybody, I still don’t know if I could even begin to attempt something like this. While my fear of heights is not nearly as bad as it once was, there is still no way in hell I could stand up there, look out and climb down knowing my only means of safety was some sheets that were tied together. Sure, I’m a tiny guy (all of 130 pounds) but even being small would not reassure me that I could make it down safely. Sure, they are criminals and deserve jail, but you have got to handle it to them for having the guts to even attempt something like this.
Comments (4)
I read about that when it happened, I thought it was a pretty badass escape!
A very impressive escape. My son-in-law is a prison officer here in NZ. He comments ‘That Prisoners, have got to be pretty smart and yet pretty damn stupid at the same time to come up with some of their ideas and attempts to escape. Even the weapons and tools made, found and confiscated are impressive, made out of plastic utensils and whatever they can scavenge.
@spshelfriend - Yeah I would have to agree, this whole escape was the height of stupid. Shit, one slight mistake and they were dead.
@PennyLumpkins - yeah, I think bad ass is the right term to describe it.