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>> 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 driving these expensive cars. [ male announcer ] when he was only 4 years old,

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 monsters would kidnap 2 26 school children and their bus driver and bury them alive? and why did they do t...

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 wasn't a random demand made? the reason was simple. when the media, police and fbi swarmed chowchilla its phone s...

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 wasn't 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 waiting. what's going to happen now. they back up. one van and fill that with half of the students an...

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...