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Nearly 30 years ago, a 90-minute police chase started that would grip America and the entire world.
O.J. Simpson, whose death was announced today following a battle with cancer, was wanted by the LAPD suspected of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
Two days after the fatal stabbing on June 14, 1994, O.J. led the police on a 90-minute-long low-speed car pursuit in his friend's white Ford Bronco.
The infamous car chase saw driver Al Cowlings carry fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson down the 405 freeway in Low Angeles, California, as Americans were glued to their TV screens watching the standoff. The fugitive huddled in the back seat of his Cowlings' Bronco with a gun to his head while the police, media and fans followed after him - like a parade on the freeway.
There were crowds on the overpasses, signs, cheers and fists punching the air as the pursuit unfolded before O.J. ultimately surrendered to police and he was arrested at his home in Brentwood, California, and taken to Los Angeles County Jail.
After the white Ford Bronco came to a halt at Simpson´s estate, his lifelong friend and teammate, Al Cowlings, got out. Simpson´s lawyer arrived at the mansion nearly an hour later and the arrest came minutes later.
Before fleeing as he was about to be arrested, the former football great left a handwritten letter proclaiming his innocence, saying goodbye to friends and making 'a last wish' to 'leave my children in peace' - prompting him to be placed on suicide watch when he arrived at the jail.
'I can´t express the fear I had that this matter would not end the way it did,' said Simpson´s attorney, Robert Shapiro, who had worried
