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mm hmm. Mhm. Hi, thanks. Mm hmm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I thought you would hope the bar's closed. We're not closing out the door. Yeah, fine. I don't think it would be a very good place to take a vacation.

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Mm hmm. Okay. Mm hmm. Okay. Okay. Time was there was a great deal of concern about people getting off Alcatraz. Now here we are doing a story about people who want to get on the island. About 300,000 of them over the past year. An interesting thing,

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especially from a tourist point because of its history. How about you? Why do you want to see it? My brother in law from pennsylvania had been to see it, recommended it and one of my friends, physician's wife recommended it. I said gee, there must be something

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here. I want to see it too. Then we ask you, ma'am, why do you want to see Alcatraz? Because of what I've heard and from others who have visited. It was good. Yes, interesting. Can I ask you, well, I'm taking my parents to trip and they've

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been, they've come from Arkansas and been very anxious to see it in. My stepfather in particular ask you why you want to see Alcatraz? Well, I read about it a long time ago when Al Capone was in there and I always wondered what was interesting to

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you. Just the whole place and I enjoyed it. How'd you like? It was just great. How'd you like it sir. Did you like enjoy it if you find Al Capone's cell. Well, no, I didn't. Most people are just amazed. You know, they're scared in some cases

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amazed, but they get depressed quite a bit sometimes. What's the question you face most often escapes. You know how many escapes The tours will continue for another three years, at least possibly beyond that. But at the moment no one knows for sure what the future of

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this island will be. Battle Brian Channel five Eyewitness News on Alcatraz.