singing. we were singing "my momma told you, you better shop around." that is the song we were singing whistling at the happened. >> it was a little after 4:00 p.m. when ray turned the because on to avenue 21 where a white van with its door ajar was parked near the center of the road. >> it looked like somebody had broken down and so edward went to swing the bus around the van. >> and at that point one of the kidnappers jumped out of the passenger side with a rifle, came up to the driver's side and told edward to open the door. and then the other kidnapper got on to the bus and took over. >> and i do remember seeing one of the kidnappers with pantyhose pulled over his face and holding a gun. >> i was scared immediately. >> ed ray asked him who are you, what is going on here and the guy just told him shut up and move to the back of the bus. >> one of the masked men got behind the wheel as the other held a sawed-off shotgun on his