NY gov.: 2 convicted murderers used power tools to escape

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Source: AP

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Two convicted murderers used power tools to cut through steel pipes at a maximum-security prison near the Canadian border and escape through a manhole, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

"It was an elaborate plot," Cuomo said after joining law enforcement authorities to retrace the prisoners' escape route from the Clinton Correctional Facility in the town of Dannemora in the Adirondacks.

He said Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, are "two dangerous individuals."

Sweat is serving a sentence of life without parole after he was convicted of first-degree murder for killing a Broome County sheriff's deputy in 2002. Matt is serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the kidnapping and beating death of a man in 1997.

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This May 21, 2015 photo released by the New York State Police shows David Sweat. On Saturday, June 6, 2015, authorities said 48-year-old Richard Matt and 34-year-old Sweat, both convicted murderers, escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. (New York State Police via AP)



CORRECTS MONTH OF PHOTO TO MAY NOT MARCH - This May 20, 2015 photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. On Saturday, June 6, 2015, authorities said 48-year-old Richard Matt and 34-year-old David Sweat, both convicted murderers, escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. (New York State Police via AP)

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1. Terrifying

This story was terrifying. The fear I always have when something like this happens is that they'll kill again.