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2 inmates escape from Quebec prison in helicopter

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Police vehicles block a road just outside the town of Chertsey, Quebec, Sunday, during a search for escaped prisoners. A dramatic daylight jailbreak involving two Quebec inmates climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter swiftly escalated into a large police operation Sunday night in which at least one escapee was tracked down hours after he fled.

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Police vehicles block a road just outside the town of Chertsey, Quebec, Sunday during a search for escaped prisoners.

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Two Quebec inmates climbed into a hijacked helicopter to make a daring daylight escape from a prison outside Montreal, authorities said Monday. Both were later recaptured. Police said they believe the pilot was held hostage in the Sunday jailbreak and consider him a victim. He was treated for shock in hospital. Quebec provincial police said early Monday that they had arrested four people about 30 miles north of the Saint-Jerome prison from which the inmates escaped.