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Windsurfer Crashed The Rock Premiere
- Jeff Bunch, a windsurfer, dressed in a tuxedo over a wetsuit and rode to Alcatraz to attend The Rock premiere, successfully reaching the island before being arrested.
- He reportedly had a cocktail with Sean Connery at the party, illustrating a surreal real-life break‑in timed to a film about escaping Alcatraz.
Alcatraz Escape Needed One Precise Tide Window
- The 1962 Alcatraz escape by Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers used ingeniously improvised tools and disguises, including papier-mâché heads and raincoat rafts.
- Dutch simulations show only a narrow midnight tide window could have carried their raft to shore, making survival plausible but time-sensitive.
Horatio Nelson Had A Brother Named Suckling
- Horatio Nelson had a brother named Suckling Nelson, born into the Suckling family; he became a struggling vicar and is sparsely mentioned in biographies.
- Nelson's naval career stemmed from an uncle Morris Suckling who took him to sea after their mother's death.