It has been 48 years since the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Monday marks 48 years since the abduction of a schoolhouse autobus operator and 26 children successful Chowchilla.

July 15, 1976, is simply a time that galore successful the assemblage of Chowchilla accidental they volition ne'er forget. On that day, 3 gunmen abducted 26 schoolchildren and their schoolhouse autobus operator connected their mode location from a summertime people trip. 

The children and autobus operator were piled into a moving van and past buried successful a Bay Area quarry. 

They were capable to flight the adjacent day.