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Bus driver in the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping dies

In this file photo, officials remove a truck buried at a quarry in Livermore, Calif., in which 26 Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver, Ed Ray, were held captive.

In this file photo, officials remove a truck buried at a quarry in Livermore, Calif., in which 26 Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver, Ed Ray, were held captive.  (James Palmer / Associated Press)

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Frank Edward Ray, who helped lead 26 children to safety after they’d been abducted and buried by three young men planning to seek ransom, was 91. See obituary

Chidren rescued

Officers escort the children upon their return to Chowchilla, Calif., after their ordeal.  (Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

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