Everything Was Set
As always, he found the lazy guard standing beside the bus entrance the next morning. Walter came prepared to act out his plan. He had emptied out his locker. When he did his radio broadcast, he got to wear his civilian clothes. He put them on underneath the prison uniform.
Wailing Of The Sirens
He made himself comfortable at the back of the bus. He made sure to take the seat near the emergency exit. “As we slowed down for a stop, I swung open the back door — and I was gone,” he said. As soon as he got out, he took off the prison clothes and ran into the forest. The deeper he went, the fainter the sound of the sirens became.