The breakout, which took place on Saturday at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (TBRI) in San Antonio, was made possible thanks to the clever use of a 55-gallon (208-litre) blue barrel. They didn't hide in it, though. The escapees implemented their barrel as a ladder to help them scale…
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