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Of it weighing 100 pounds each nothing was going to stop them from freeing themselves from what surely was to become a mass grave. >> the first thing that had ton dob was the sheet metal had to be pushed off to the side. they keep letting the dirt fall moving the sheet metal more and more dirt falls. as the kidirt would file up i would scrape the dirt out from under the feet. >> i would hold the flashlight deb would hold the flashlight. they would stand on my shoulder for a while, they would stand on edward's shoulder for a while. >> as they moved the steel plate aside and moved the batteries ...

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. >> a...

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 awhil...

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 f...

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, califo...