The 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping

[KTrain]

Not sure where else this should go but the story is incredible, and well told, so I thought it deserved its own thread.

The article about the event is a long read but worth it. It reads like movie and it's not surprising a movie was made from the story. Apparently it's crap so I wouldn't be surprised if we see another movie or series made about it.

This happened before I was born and I haven't heard anything about it before so it was a compelling story to read.

In 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children and their driver disappeared from a small California town, capturing the world’s attention. Forty-five years later, we revisit the story.

The aerial search is already underway.

There are about 400 reporters, one for every 10 people in the whole town. The Salvation Army has brought a food truck from San Francisco. Pac-Bell has brought 60 press phones and operators. Parents keep an all-night vigil at the police station.

It is the largest kidnapping ever in the United States.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22...bus-kidnapping

[Northendzone]

I have never heard about this before.

But if something good like the wonder years can be remade, then there seems like a good opportunity to remake something crappy

[CroFlames]

Ha. I've been to that town a few times.

[Puppet Guy]

there's an awful novelty song to commemorate the incident: