The 1976 Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping That People Remember To This Day
Not Budging
Source: https://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com
The gunmen didn’t care much about the children inside the van. They had a task in mind and no one could sway them from doing otherwise. They commandeered the van into the dry canal bottom called the Berenda Slough. There, a second van had been hidden. That was when Ed realized that this had been planned. Both vans had back windows that were painted black, while the interiors of the vehicles were reinforced with paneling. The vans were designed to hold hostages and kept hidden from the public.
