Dale Remling’s Great Escape

A photograph of Dale Remling looking to the side and smiling.

Dale Otto Remling. [Jackson Citizen Patriot] Courtesy of: Michigan History Museum

Steve Ostrander, Michigan History Museum

On June 6, 1975, a helicopter appeared over Jackson Prison and landed in the exercise yard. A lone inmate ran to the aircraft and jumped in, and the chopper lifted off and flew away.

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