The Chowchilla Kidnappings

On July 26th, 1976, twenty-six children were kidnapped and buried alive during a hot summer day in Chowchilla, California. They were taken by gunpoint from their school bus by three men, taken to a remote quarry and forced into a moving van buried six feet underground. It was the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history. They would cry for help, waiting to either be rescued or starved to death...This is what happened that day...