'We needed multiple victims to get multiple millions, and we picked children because children are precious,' one kidnapper said.
FILE - In this July 17, 1976 photo, members of the Alameda County Crime Lab and FBI are pictured working around the opening to the van where 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver were held captive at a rock quarry near Livermore, Calif. California parole commissioners have recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976.
They drove about a mile, eventually pulling into some brush along the Berenda Slough. Ray and the 26 children were told to get off the bus, and they were herded onto two waiting vans. Minutes turned to hours as the stuffy vans with blacked-out windows drove in what felt like endless loops. Some of the kids tried singing “If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands” to cheer themselves up. But “nobody clapped their hands," 8-year-old Jennifer said.
Two local pilots headed to the skies to search for the lost bus. They found it — with no sign of human life inside. Agonizingly slowly, they were able to shift the batteries away from the exit. As they did so, dirt and debris covering the truck fell into their eyes and mouths. It took 16 hours before Ray and his helpers were able to make a space large enough for everyone to squeeze out.
A few parents allowed their children to speak with reporters. One boy, a 9-year-old named Jeff, was asked what he wanted to do when he grew up.
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