FILE - In this Sept. 13, 1976 file photo, bus driver Ed Ray, who was kidnapped with 26 school children from Chowchilla, waits for a passenger as school starts for the fall term. Ray, the school bus driver hailed as a hero for helping 26 students escape after three men kidnapped the group and buried the entire bus underground in 1976 died on Thursday, May 17, 2012. He was 91.(AP Photo)