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ALCATRAZ
ISLAND
On June 30 - July 1, 2001, members
of the San Francisco Bay Chapter Sierra Singles and the Loma Prieta Sierra
Singles had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of spending the night on Alcatraz
Island. In 2000 George submitted an entry to the US Park Service
lottery, and Sierra Singles was one of 20 organizations selected, out of
250 entries, to spend an evening on the island in the upcoming
year.
Thirty-three Sierra Singles members
were given an after hours, behind-the scenes tour of the the island and former
penitentiary and a sleep-over in Cell Block D in exchange for an hour of
facilities maintenance work and a group fee of approximately $1,100.
During our stay on the island, our
guide, Park Ranger Lori Brosnan, gave us a lecture on hand-made prison knives
(shivs), showed us areas that are closed to the public such as the morgue and
hospital (where many scenes from the movie "The Rock" were filmed), and gave us
free reign of the facilities.
It was quite an experience to walk
through the quiet cell blocks by one's self in the early morning.
This video is 6 minutes long.
The actual time is one hour later than the time shown on the video
image.
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