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awe at the time. "shawshank redemption," just pops into your head. >> your first thought is, "how did they ever even think they could do it?" >> reporter: nbc news correspondent, stephanie gosk, was as amazed as everyone else. >> the pure hubris of concocting the idea and executing it. everyone is a little bit just sort of in awe of what they did. >> reporter: the day after the escape, joyce was called in for another round of questioning by police. this time they asked about the sparring gloves she had given richard matt. >> and she goes in there, and i would say half, three quarters of an hour, and -- an investigator comes out and said, "mr. mitchell, your wife is more involved than what she's lettin' on." what? >> reporter: as the investigators' questions piled up, the pressure finally started getting to joyce. >> i talked to the investigators, and i tried to tell them everything i could. and they told me, "you help us, we'll help you."