A Brazen Escape Upstate

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 9, 2015

Jesse McKinley, a New York Times reporter based in Albany, discusses the cinematic escape by two convicted killers who used power tools, handmade decoys and their hands to chisel and crawl their way out of a maximum-security prison over the weekend in upstate New York.

There are still people on the ground, in camouflage with flashlights checking out the area around the prison, says @jessemckinley.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 9, 2015

.@jessemckinley says there's a theory floating around that the 2 men who escaped are still on foot, so some searchers are still on foot.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 9, 2015

"They certainly didn't pop out of the manhole cover with a Visa card at the ready." - @NYTimes' @jessemckinley to @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) June 9, 2015

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