It would become an indelible memory for those who could not help but watch and watch and watch: a white Ford Bronco steadily traveling along the cleared freeways of Southern California, a trail of police cars not far behind.
Simpson, and the two-hour chase on June 17, 1994, that interrupted regular programming transfixed a nation.
I wasn’t getting off the TV.
Who was getting off the TV on a chase like that?” said Richard Smith, 67, who gathered that day with his family to see it all unfold on television in their South Los Angeles apartment.
The saga of Mr. Simpson, from the chase to the criminal trial to the aftermath, would be followed, debated and dissected closely by millions, etching itself into Los Angeles history and thrusting the city into what seemed the center of the universe.
Persons:
Simpson, “, wasn’t, ”, Richard Smith, Mr
Organizations:
Ford Bronco
Locations:
Southern California, South Los Angeles, Los Angeles