1976 Chowchilla kidnapping
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1976-chowchilla-kidnapping-208-2240520
title:
1976 Chowchilla kidnapping
text:
On July 15, 1976, in Chowchilla, California, three armed men hijacked a school bus. They abducted the driver and 26 children, ages 5 to 14, and imprisoned them in a truck trailer buried in a quarry in Livermore, California. The bus driver and children managed to escape before the kidnappers could issue their ransom demands. All of the victims survived but many suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. The kidnappers intended to use ransom money from the kidnapping to restore the Victorian Re
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description:
Mass kidnapping committed in California, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnapping
date created:
2012-05-19T02:28:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:18:29Z
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