matt moments after he was shot. the photo shows matt lying on the ground a gunshot wound to the top of his skull. meanwhile, cnn learns the inmates started planning and may have started cutting through the prison walls six months ago. the scrutiny intensifying on the correctional facility as a dozen employees are on administrative leave, including the superintendent who initially led governor andrew cuomo on a tour of how the convicts broke free. one question has been how could employees not hear power tools going on? sweat is saying they used hacksaws to get out of their cell and saw into the steam pipe not noisy power tools. chris? can he be believe snd sweat is talking from the hospital and that s good. he s a self-described escape artist. is it safe to have him there?
t.j. holmes and reena ninan. and we have to start with some new concerns about security at that new york prison where two murderers escaped. surviving escapee david sweat told police authorities that the men had been working for six months on the escape. they even had a test run on the night before they left for good. but prison officials now facing punishment. abc s linzie janis reports. reporter: a major shake-up behind the walls of this prison. the superintendent his security chief and ten guards and officials now on all indefinite leave as investigators learn the two killers started digging through the walls of their cells way back in january. does this mean their cells weren t checked in six months? i think that s an issue. reporter: prosecutor andrew weil wylie telling me david sweat admits the two men broke out of their cells night after night to scout the inside of the prison walls. he and matt even doing a dry run
uge favorites in that game on sunday. hard to forget that heartbreaking loss to japan four years ago. so it will be interesting to see what kind of match-up there is. if it england or japan? we ll see. andy scholes, thank you so much. we appreciate it. the next hour of cnn newsroom begins right now. happening now in the newsroom, on alert, the fbi and homeland security prepping for potential terror attacks in the u.s. more police more security at celebrations this holiday weekend. plus captured escapee david sweat spills the beans, giving details about how he and richard matt rehearsed their breakout the night before their escape. now with 12 prison workers suspended, how many could have played a role in this shawshank-style getaway. and a big day for the u.s. and cuba. the two countries to announce an
before the biggest escape, and after they broke free, they knew all too well they were among america s most wanted. they obtained an am/fm radio that they were able to listen to the news media. reporter: hiding out as more than 1,000 law enforcement officers scoured the forest with helicopters, atvs and dogs. sweat telling investigators that on at least one occasion, the search teams just missed him. at one point, sweat says searchers were combing the dense forest and had no idea he was right above them hiding in a tree stand like this one used by hunters. another time, the killers were hiding out in a cabin when some hunters showed up. they could hear the conversation. they could hear the conversation. reporter: whoever was outside left another night of freedom for the two killers on the run. david sweat is in fair condition, shot once in each shoulder. he ll soon be shipped off to another maximum security prison where he ll likely spend 23 hours a day in his cell. linzie jani
less let them loose. and we are learning new details about sweat s accomplice richard matt mattand his final hours. it was from here that matt fired several shots, one of which hit a recreational vehicle nearby. those shots would eventually help searchers zero row in on matt. to discuss all of this former nypd detect joseph jackalone. any first question for my first question is these shots apparently helded authorities find richard matt. why would he call attention to himself like that? in that moment he got desperate. sweat had left him. he was pretty much on his own. there was alcohol bottles and