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55-year-old ed ray. >> ed ray was the most wonderful bus driver that you could have. >> irene and lin caucuse lindar sisters were also onboard the school bus that hot dry july afternoon when temperatures can reach 110 degrees. >> i was 12 and a half. linda, julie and stella our youngest she was is in kindergarten. fivion almost six at the time. >> this is the actual school bus the children were riding in that summer day more than 35 years ago. jody heavington showed her son matthew where she sat...

55-year-old ed ray. >> ed ray was the most wonderful bus driver that you could have. >> irene and lin caucuse lindar sisters were also onboard the school bus that hot dry july afternoon when temperatures can reach 110 degrees. >> i was 12 and a half. linda, julie and stella our youngest she was is in kindergarten. fivion almost six at the time. >> this is the actual school bus the children were riding in that summer day more than 35 years ago. jody heavington showed her son matthew where she sat...

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55-year-old ed ray. >> ed ray was the most wonderful bus driver you could have. >> irene and linda and two sisters were on board that hot july afternoon when temperatures can reach 110 degrees. >> i was 12 and a half linda julie our youngest was in kindergarten. almost 6 at the time. >> this is the actual school bus the children were riding 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, randi. >> under a s...

Know what had happened to him report other children. >> this was peanut and butter and crackers and boxes of cereal. there may have been bread. >> this was a diagram that illustrates the layout of the sub terrainian trailer. the only source of light was a flash light the kidnappers had given to ed ray. >> he was using that light and then ed ray told us that we all needed to try to get some sleep and so the flash light was turned off. so we all laid down and i know i slept. >> what kind of monste...

>> bus driver ed ray died at age 91 in may of 2012. as a tribute, the bus from that infamous day was brought to rays funeral. >> ed didnt 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. im 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 o...

Know what had happened to him report other children. >> this was peanut and butter and crackers and boxes of cereal. there may have been bread. >> this was a diagram that illustrates the layout of the sub terrainian trailer. the only source of light was a flash light the kidnappers had given to ed ray. >> he was using that light and then ed ray told us that we all needed to try to get some sleep and so the flash light was turned off. so we all laid down and i know i slept. >> what kind of monste...

Hours of saturday, july 17, 1976. >> when they got us off the bus i never seen so many people in my entire life. [ applause ] >> me and the boys decided we better start digging or we were going to lose our lives there. we all got home safe. that is my story, i guess. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the public was outraged when they heard the story of what had happened to ray and the children during the 30 hours they were missing. but one question lingered. if it was a kidnapping why wasnt a rando...

Terrified hostages. a third man followed in the rig white van. 26 children between the ages of 5 and 14 and their driver sater fied as their school becauus wa come deered. >> when did you get really afraid? >> after they drove us down a little bit they pull the bus into an actual slew bed. >> they found the marsh that was a mile from where it had been ceased. >> it wasnt a smooth drive down. >> everybody is crying. they are telling us to shut up or we are going to get hurt. shut up. >> we are wa...

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 drivers side a...