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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

Ed ray and the school children were returned home to chowchilla in the early morning 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?...

>> this is the actual list of names and ages one of the kidnappers scribbled on a jack-in-the-box bag as they pulled the kids from the vans. one-by-one, ed ray and the children were forced to climb down a ladder into a hole in the ground. >> i did not want to go into the hole. >> you are looking at what was waiting for them at the bottom of the ladder. a dark dusty styling hot moving van buried in the quarry. 14 mattresses lay in stacks. a crudely designed vent lakes system connected to two huge batteries brought in air from above ground. >> it was a hell hole. >> what did it look and smell li...

>> ed ray and the school children were returned home to chowchilla in the early morning hours of saturday july 17th, 1976. >> when they got us off the bus i never seen so many people in my entire life. (applause) >> man, a couple boys decided we better start digging we were going to lose our lives there same as getting if we dug ourselves out. we all got home safe. that's my story, i guess. >> thank you. >> thank you. (applause) >> the public was outraged when they heard the story of what had happened to ray and children during the 30 hours they were missing. one question lingered if it was a ...

Kicking it. kicking it. and it ended up sliding and the roof started collapsing. that's the point that we knew we were going to have to do something. >> the older kids and ed ray came up with this plan we are going to die we are going to die trying. we are saying edward we have to get out. we are going to die. >> what did the kids and driver do to try to escape? >> they piled mattresses up to get high enough to the opening they left us. they tried to remove whatever was blocking the hole they had put us in. later we found out they had put a steel plate on top of the hole and put semi batteries...