freeway. >> normally the last place anyone would want to be during rush hour. but now both commuters and cops were sharing the road with the world's most famous fugitive who was holding a loaded gun. >> thinking, well, he's going to blow his brains out. i don't know. we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out. >> but there was one way to find out. >> so i tried to call him. >> just let me get to my house. i swear to you i'll give you me. i'll give you my whole body. >> lange used every bit of his training to keep simpson's hands on the phone and off the trigger. >> the kids need you. >> i love everybody. i try to show everybody my whole life that i love everybody. >> then as the chase rolled closer to simpson's brentwood estate, mike alba these and the s.w.a.t. team got an urgent order, race to simpson's house in rush hour, some 15 miles across town.