In 1976, children from Chowchilla, CA were returning from on their school bus after a day at the local swimming pool. BUT things take a drastic turn when their school bus is hijacked.

Sources
Hillary's Story
Vox
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping

Fresno Bee
Chowchilla bus kidnapper to be released, officials confirm. "I'm angry: and "disturbed"

City of Chowchilla
1976 Bus Kidnapping

Wikipedia
1976 Chowchilla kidnapping

CNN
26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later
How a 1976 mass kidnapping changed how the world sees childhood trauma

Los Angeles Times
Man behind 1976 kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla children and bus driver is granted parole

CBS News
Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history
Remembering the Chowchilla kidnapping: A never-before-seen interview with a survivor

Photos
The Dairyland Union School District Bus --via CNN
Bus Driver Edward Ray--via CNN
Trailer where victims were held--via LA Times
14 year old Michael Marshall--via CNN
Kidnappers- Frederick Newhall Woods, James Schoenfeld, Richard Schoenfeld--via Ranker

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