no matter how comfortable the cell. and so on august 27, 1995, 12 prisoners try to regain their freedom in a remarkable escape attempt. maurel peterson on duty that day says the prisoners were outside, having their annual end of summer party. >> there were quite a lot of inmates in the yard that day, 120 to begin with. and the attitude among the inmates that they were extremely well. >> the barbecue winds down and prisoners file back into their cells. ryan bo larson, a prisoner serving three and a half years for armed robbery is in the yard. the self-proclaimed escape king has busted out of various danish prisons 20 times in his 19 years of incarceration and has been caught each time. despite being 0 for 20, larson rarely misses an opportunity to run. on that day, he suddenly hears a crash.