<P> One inmate , John Paul Scott , successfully swam a distance of 2.7 nautical miles ( 5.0 km ; 3.1 mi ) from the island to Fort Point , at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge , on December 16 , 1962 . Some teenagers who were on the beach at the time found him and called the police because they thought he was dead . When the police saw him , he was immediately identified as the escapee they had been looking for . He was recaptured the same day and sent back to the rock , exhausted and hypothermic . Today , multitudes of athletes swim the same Alcatraz -- Fort Point route as part of one of two annual triathlon events . Some inmates in Alcatraz include Al Capone , Robert Stroud , and Allen West . </P>
<P> One inmate , John Paul Scott , successfully swam a distance of 2.7 nautical miles ( 5.0 km ; 3.1 mi ) from the island to Fort Point , at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge , on December 16 , 1962 . Some teenagers who were on the beach at the time found him and called the police because they thought he was dead . When the police saw him , he was immediately identified as the escapee they had been looking for . He was recaptured the same day and sent back to the rock , exhausted and hypothermic . Today , multitudes of athletes swim the same Alcatraz -- Fort Point route as part of one of two annual triathlon events . Some inmates in Alcatraz include Al Capone , Robert Stroud , and Allen West . </P>
what is the name of the guy who escaped alcatraz
what is the name of the guy who escaped alcatraz
John Paul Scott
John Paul Scott