sensing s.w.a.t. would be involved. put him in the middle of a largely unknown chapter of the simpson story. i came down and the tv was on. and there was the aerial picture we all saw of the bronco. watching at s.w.a.t. headquarters was the sergeant who would play in a big part in the standoff. we believe believed at some point in time there would be a detention a stop. the truck is not pulling over. the chase has been going on for some time. but cowlings kept driving and as the convoy approached an l.a. airport, another complication, crowds. people are lining up. huge crowds now stopped to gawk as the chase passed by, some of them even supporting simpson. 10-4, copy, pedestrians in front of the suspect s vehicle. marcia clark still watching
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.
parade of police cars. there are lights flashing, and there are headlights flashing as well. early on the chase looked as if it might end, when a visibly angry cowlings stopped and started screaming at the caravan of cops close behind, and then cowlings and simpson took off again. as detective tom lange watch aid long with everyone else, he knew this could soon turn even more dangerous and perhaps deadly. you don t just let this happen. so i get a phone number. i tried to call him. just let me get to my house. coming up a chase turns spectacle. and i thought, oh my god. this is not good. he has murdered two innocent people and you re cheering his escape. and a high-stakes race to the simpson estate. it was supreme chaos.
welcome back to dateline i m natalie morales. after leading los angeles police on a meandering car chase, o.j. simpson announced he was heading to his tony estate in brentwood. the suspect in a double murder, simpson was armed and officers believed dangerous. soon the drama would take a surprising turn, putting more lives at risk. once again, here s josh mankiewicz with chasing o.j. simpson the untold stories. the race to rockingham was on. a s.w.a.t. team convoy versus a ford bronco carrying al cowlings and o.j. simpson just minutes apart. information, advising not to close in on the vehicle. most of us who think we know the simpson story believe that what happened after that surreal