two industrial batteries on top of this weighing more than 100-pounds each nothing was going stop them from freeing themselves from what surely was to become a mass grave. the first thing that had to be done was the sheet metal had to be pushed off to the side and they would let the dirt fall and move the sheet metal more and more dirt falls. and the dirt would file up and i would scrape it out from underneath their feet so they weren t tripping on the piles they were making. i would hold the flash light. they would stand on my shoulder for awhile. stand on edward s shoulder for awhile. as they moved the steel plate aside and moved the batteries aside. which then disconnected our vent lakes system and we were starting to lose oxygen and get weaker and weaker. and it is like please let s make it out. as they finally kicked free and got the box loose and the sand came in there was an outpouring of light like from heaven above. it was like christmas
bathroom. they would urinate on you. it was horrible. the bus driver remained a fatherly figure through out the ordeal. i felt lucky evidences in our van. i know he held some of the children. he is responsible for all of the children he doesn t know what s going on in their van he tried to keep us comfortable. for 11 gruelling hours they had been driven around in a van in order to disorient them. it came to a stop at 3:00 a.m. friday morning. we had no idea where we were. where they were was a rock quarry. it was only about 2 hours north of chowchilla. took edward off first and we didn t know what was going to happen. we just kept waiting and they took one out at a time. they asked our name took a clothing asked us to climb down a ladder into the ground. this was one of the names
rprise you. i m alisyn camerota. i m amy kellogg. i m marcel nevil and we are all here on this episode of fox files. the summer of 1976 was a festive time in america. the bee gees ruled the air waves. the country threw a huge party to celebrate its 200th birthday on the fourth of july. the center piece was operation sail, a nautical spectacular in new york harbor. it was happy days on tv and in theaters the horror film the omen had movie goers shaking in their seats. but a real life horror story was about to unfold in chowchilla a small farming community in central, california s agricultural belt 150 miles east of san francisco. we had pigs and a barn and chickens. they would play done the street with the neighbors, jeff and jennifer brown. we knew the whole entire town. it was a small all american town. a few shops, a few stores but not a very big town. thursday, july 15, 1976. with only one day left of summer school, a group of children at youchilla about
you. i am allison cam rat taw. i am amy kellogg. i am ar they withel neville are here on fox files. the summer of 1976 was a best of times for america. t bee gee s ruled the air waves. the country through a huge party to celebrate the 200th birthday of the 4th of july. the center piece was operation sail a nautical spectacular in new york harbor. it was happy days on tv and the omen had movie goers shaking in their seats. but a real life horror story was about to unfold in chowchilla. a farming community in central california agricultural belt 150 miles southeast of san francisco. we had pigs and a barn and chickens. coming down the street with the neighbors and jennifer crown. we knew the entire town. it was a small all american town. had a few shops a few stores. it was not a very big town. thursday july 15th, 1976. c with only one day left of summer school a group of children at chowchilla s dairy land school piled on to a school bus to head home followin
surprise you. i m alisyn camerota. i m amy kellogg. i m marcel nevil and we are all here on this episode of fox files. the summer of 1976 was a festive time in america. the bee gees ruled the air waves. the country threw a huge party to celebrate its 200th birthday on the fourth of july. the center piece was operation sail, a nautical spectacular in new york harbor. it was happy days on tv and in theaters the horror film the omen had movie goers shaking in their seats. t a real life horror story was about to unfold in chowchilla a small farming community in central, california s agricultural belt 150 miles east of san francisco. we had pigs and a barn and chickens. they would play done the street with the neighbors, jeff and jennifer brown. we knew the whole entire town. it was a small all american town. a few shops, a few stores but not a very big town. thursday, july 15, 1976. with only one day left of summer school, a group of children at youchilla about