According to The Associated Press, Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, cut steam pipes with power tools to escape from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora. Officials discovered the men were missing about 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
"It's very important that we locate these individuals," he said. "They are dangerous, and we want to make sure they don't inflict any more pain and any more harm on New Yorkers."
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