The Chowchilla Kidnappings Author:Natalie Fogle On July 26th, 1976, twenty-six children were kidnapped and buried alive during a hot summer day in Chowchilla, California. They were taken by gunpoint from their school bus by three men, taken to a remote quarry and forced into a moving van buried six feet underground. It was the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history. They would cry for help,... more » waiting to either be rescued or starved to death...This is what happened that day...« less