>> reporter: before the o.j. simpson trial captivated a nation, there was patty hearst. her kidnapping in 1974 considered the crime of the sent se churry. born into he will wth and power, she grew up in a quiet suburb of san francisco. for college, they headed to berkeley where she walked the streets that were her name. she lived off campus with her boyfriend, a former teacher at her high school. it was the couple's engagement announcement in her family's newspaper, the san francisco examiner, which first drew the attention of a small radical terrorist group that called itself the liberation army, sla. >> they pushed me back. shouting get your face on the floor. >> reporter: hearst was kidnapped from her apartment on february 4, 1974.