The 1976 Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping That People Remember To This Day
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So, Ed and the oldest boy in the group, 14-year old Mike Marshall, decided to take a bunch of mattresses and stacked them up until they were able to reach the manhole cover. Ed climbed up first and they took turns trying to give the heavy metal a nudge. What made it even harder was that the cover was weighed down by two 100-pound industrial batteries. This meant that the feat required super strength. So, Ed and Mike used a stick and kept poking at the cover until they finally saw it move.
