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.
imagination revolutionaries or even very political. all of her friends described patty as being somewhat disconnected from the major issues of her day. but on the night of february 4, 1974, the new revolution comes to patty hearst s front door. a knock came on the door. steven weed answered the door and was confronted by a woman who told him that they needed to use the phone, that their car had broken down. according to patty, the abduction is sudden and violent. i was in a bathrobe. i was really tired so i didn t cook. about 9:00, the doorbell rang. steven opened the door, and there was a woman standing there. all of a sudden, two other