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
over the streets of tehran and who is buying them will 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. 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
who is buying them will 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. 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 ch
their home. the last kid got off of the bus and all of us kids were 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
managed to escape and get out and say here we are. bus driver ed ray died at age 91 in may of 2012. as a tribute, the bus from that infamous day was brought to ray s funeral. ed didn t like to speak of himself as a hero. but you know the very pure definition of a hero would say edward ray. i love him. i m glad that he made us feel safe in there. he was comfort when we needed comfort. he was strength when we needed strength. i believe that ed ray gave us what we needed. coming up, see an olympic archer hit the bullseye and next find out who in iran is