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About 4:30, I got a phone call
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Chowchilla

30, I got a phone call from a parent that the children hadn't arrived home after school

About 4:30, I got a phone call from a parent that the children hadn't arrived home after school

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About 4:30, I got a phone call
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from a parent that the children
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hadn't arrived home after school.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:37
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, drama
Production
Zipper Bros Films,Sutter Road Picture Company,CNN Films

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Movie Summary

Go behind the headlines to explore the strangest mass kidnapping in history, with exclusive interviews from those who lived through it.
I thought they've had a flat tire - Chowchilla 00:07
I thought they've had a flat tire
In 1976, the sheriff's office - Chowchilla 00:07
In 1976, the sheriff's office
When the call came in that the bus was missing - Chowchilla 00:12
When the call came in that the bus was missing
So the bus driver didn't take the normal route - Chowchilla 00:07
So the bus driver didn't take the normal route
I went all the way to the school - Chowchilla 00:07
I went all the way to the school
I knew something was wrong. - Chowchilla 00:05
I knew something was wrong.
The parents were congregating at the police station. - Chowchilla 00:05
The parents were congregating at the police station.
We're trying to locate 26 lost children - Chowchilla 00:07
We're trying to locate 26 lost children
Never, in my wildest dreams... - Chowchilla 00:05
Never, in my wildest dreams...
...did I think something - Chowchilla 00:06
...did I think something
It seemed like we were driven around - Chowchilla 00:08
It seemed like we were driven around
Kids got sick from the motion of the vehicle - Chowchilla 00:08
Kids got sick from the motion of the vehicle
I just felt like an animal being taken to slaughter. - Chowchilla 00:05
I just felt like an animal being taken to slaughter.
If you as a child - Chowchilla 00:10
If you as a child
And I told them, be brave 'cause everything's - Chowchilla 00:06
And I told them, be brave 'cause everything's
We thought that they might - Chowchilla 00:09
We thought that they might
We sang "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." - Chowchilla 00:07
We sang "If you're happy and you know it, clap you...
All of us have a wall - Chowchilla 00:07
All of us have a wall
And that wall is our defenses - Chowchilla 00:07
And that wall is our defenses
And when the wall - Chowchilla 00:06
And when the wall