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by mike_hearn 370 days ago
> Stephen Russell was in prison for fraud. He faked a heart attack so he would be brought to the hospital

According to Wikipedia he wasn't in prison, he was attempting to con someone at the time and they got suspicious. He pretended to be an FBI agent because he was on security watch. Still impressive, but not as impressive as actually escaping from prison that way.