UPDATE:
'Shawshank' Escapees Originally Planned to Flee to MEXICO:
David Sweat Upgraded to Serious Condition as Details Begin to Emerge of Fugitives' Three Weeks on the Run
NEW:
David Sweat and Richard Matt originally planned to drive to Mexico with Joyce Mitchell, who never showed. The fugitives instead chose to head north to Canada, but split up five days before Sweat's capture on Sunday.
Sweat was shot twice in the back and captured after a veteran state trooper saw him jogging down a road. He was airlifted to a trauma care facility in Albany, where it was determined he did not need immediate surgery and his condition was upgraded from critical to serious.
David Sweat's condition was upgraded from critical to serious on Monday following the dramatic conclusion of his Shawshank-style prison break on Sunday - when a roving State Trooper shot him twice two miles from the Canadian border.
While Sweat continued to be treated in intensive care - where he is chained to the bed - more details were emerging of the killer's three weeks on the run with fellow inmate Richard Matt.
In Sweat's possession after he was taken down by State Police Sergeant Jay Cook was a bag of tricks that helped him stay just inches ahead of the law, revealed Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday.
It contained maps, tools, bug repellent and Pop Tarts. It is not clear whether Sweat escaped Clinton Correctional Facility with these supplies or if he stockpiled them while he and Matt were evading police.
However, Cuomo did reveal that the escapees originally planned to flee to Mexico with the help of their alleged accomplice on the inside, Joyce Mitchell. When then the prison employee failed to meet them, however, Cuomo said the fugitives were forced to change plans and head north toward Canada.