48 Hours

Season 36, Episode 21

Episode Title: Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping

Air Date: 2023-03-18

Overview:

The segment airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ follows the story of the infamous 1976 school bus kidnapping, in which three masked gunmen abducted 26 children and school bus driver Ed Ray. They were buried alive beneath a rock quarry and in an old moving truck, spending more than 16 hours in the dark before they were able to escape.