despite the steel plate and 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
under control and how they managed to 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 think of himself as a hero. you know very pure definition of a hero would say edward ray. a oo i love him. i am glad that he made us still in there. he was comfort when we needed comfort. he was strength when we needed strength. i believe ed ray gave us what we needed. coming up see an olympic
you. i am allison cam rat taw. i am amy kellogg. i am ar they will neville and we are here on this episode of fox files. the summer of 1976 was a festive time in america. the bee gees ruled the airway airway -er air waves. they celebrated the 200th birthday on the 4th of july. the center piece operation sail a nautical spectacular in new york harbor. it was happy days on tv and in theaters the omen had movie goers shaking in their seats. a real life horror story was about to unfold in a small farming community in central california agricultural belt 150 miles southeast of san francisco. we had pigs and a barn and chickens. it was down the street from jennifer brown. we knew the whole entire town. it was a small american town. had a few shops a few stores but it s not a very big town. thursday july 15th, 1976. 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 following an
the children were riding in that summer day more than 35 years ago. jody showed her son matthew where she sat on that fateful day. i was sitting about right here, matthew. under a scorching sun the school bus rolls past the almond orchard and wheat field. it was periodically stop in front of a child s home. parent set their watches by the schedule. the last kid got off the bus and all of the kids were seeing we were singing my mama told me you better shop around. that was the song we were singing when it happened. it was a little after 4:00 p.m. when ray turned the bus on to avenue 21 where a white van with his door ajar was parked near the center of the road. it looked like somebody had broken down. so edward went to swing the bus around the van and at that .1 of the kidnapers 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 kidnaper got on to the bus and took over. i do remember s
that summer day more than 35 years ago. jody heavington showed her son matthew where she sat on that fateful day. i was sitting about right here, matthew. under a scorching sun, the school bus rolled past you chowchilla s almond orchard and wheatfield. the bus would periodically stop to drop off a child in front of 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