moment which froze much of the nation in its tracks today, that extraordinary moment when the jury declared o.j. simpson not guilty of murder. o.j. simpson was returning to rockingham. this time not to police but to friends and family and into the arms of a.c. collins. it was as if it had all come full circle. aaron brown, abc news, los angeles. i remember that so well. i was in tampa, florida, as a reporter watching this. it was surreal. i was watching it as just the drama like everybody else and also fascinated by the actual news coverage of it, the great peter jennings and barbara walters and they were talking as the l.a. cameras were capturing the bronco going down the road. it was just surreal. what s interesting. still serving now 9 to 33 years in a nevada state prison for a role in kidnapping and armed robbery, separate hard to believe he beat that rap and back in jail.
we begin tonight with that moment which froze much of the nation in its tracks today, that extraordinary moment when the jury declared o.j. simpson not guilty of murder. o.j. simpson was returning to rockingham. this time not to police but to friends and family and into the arms of a.c. collins. it was as if it had all come full circle. aaron brown, abc news, los angeles. i remember that so well. i was in tampa, florida, as a reporter watching this. it was surreal. i was watching it as just the drama like everybody else and also fascinated by the actual news coverage of it, the great peter jennings and barbara walters and they were talking as the l.a. cameras were capturing the bronco going down the road. it was just surreal. you know what s interesting, he s still serving now 9 to 33 years in a nevada state prison for a role in kidnapping and armed robbery, separate hard to believe he beat that rap and is back and wound up in jail anyway. what an amazing story that was. co