Ap Photos: Hero Driver In Calif Bus Kidnap Dies

By The Associated Press, Associated Press: Nation
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:56pm

In 1976, three kidnappers hijacked a school bus full of children in the farm town of Chowchilla, Calif. The kidnappers forced the 26 students and the bus driver, Frank Edward "Ed" Ray, into a truck that was buried underground and demanded a $5 million ransom. As the kidnappers slept, Ray and two older students dug their way out, and helped everyone escape without injury....

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