Las Vegas Sun

May 20, 2024

Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks at the area where two convicted murderers used power tools to cut through steel pipes at a maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., near the Canadian border, and escaped through a manhole. Cuomo said Saturday, June 6, 2015, that Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, "are two dangerous individuals."

Darren McGee, New York State Governor's Office / AP

Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks at the area where two convicted murderers used power tools to cut through steel pipes at a maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., near the Canadian border, and escaped through a manhole. Cuomo said Saturday, June 6, 2015, that Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, "are two dangerous individuals."