Chicago bank robbers pulled off stunning jail escape 10 years ago

On Dec. 18, 2012, Chicago awoke to the sight of bedsheets dangling from the 17th floor of the federal high-rise jail in the Loop and a made-for-Hollywood tale of two convicted bank robbers on the run.

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