Former NFL running back O.J. Simpson died Thursday. Memories of his Hall of Fame career, his post-football life, and the infamous murder trial for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman have been erased. . .
One of the biggest moments in the national conspiracy regarding Simpson occurred on June 17, 1994. That’s when television programs, including Game 5 of the NBA Finals, were interrupted to show a slow chase of a white Ford Bronco down an empty Southern California highway. .
Since then, no car has been so associated with car tracking. Despite the 30-year gap since the infamous chase, the “White Ford Bronco” phase still evokes memories.
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O.J. Simpson passed away on Thursday. The infamous incident occurred on June 17, 1994, when he was involved in a slow-moving chase in a white Ford Bronco. (Getty Images)
“In terms of remembrance, you’re getting a similar response to 9/11 or any other big event,” said Allie Pennington, artifacts and programs manager at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The 1993 Bronco was exhibited at the museum in 2016. “It’s one of those moments in history where people remember where they were and what they were doing when the O.J. hunt happened.”
“Regardless of the meaning attached to it, this is an iconic piece of history,” Pennington told FOX News Digital.
Simpson was also a passenger.
That June afternoon, the Bronco was being driven by Al Cowlings, a former teammate and childhood friend of Simpson’s, who was in the back seat with a gun and threatening suicide while on the phone with law enforcement. Surrender.
Hours earlier, authorities issued a warrant for Simpson’s arrest on suspicion of double murder.
Millions of viewers tuned in to witness the chase, with onlookers crowding the freeway overpass catching glimpses of it in real time. The pursuit ultimately ended at Mr. Simpson’s home in the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Brentwood, where he surrendered to police without incident.
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On June 17, 1994, a Ford Bronco with an unseen O.J. Simpson in the back seat was chased by dozens of police cars on a Los Angeles-area freeway when Simpson’s former teammate Al Cowling struck. driven by (Sam Milkovich/Reuters)
Cowlings has since sold the Bronco, and it is now on display at the Tennessee State Museum next to other infamous vehicles associated with America’s most famous criminals.
Next to the Bronco are a 1993 Essex Terraplane used by notorious gangster John Dillinger, serial killer Ted Bundy’s Volkswagen Beetle, and a 1967 film starring Warren Baety and Faye Dunaway. Cars used in “Bonnie and Clyde” are lined up.
“This is one of the most popular galleries in the museum,” Pennington said.
The infamous white Ford Bronco can be seen at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. (Alcatraz East Crime Museum)
The museum recently shared photos of the vehicle on social media.
30 years anniversary
Pennington said the exhibit, scheduled to open this summer, will focus on the 30th anniversary of the murders. The museum previously honored Nicole Brown Simpson with an exhibit depicting her life.
Simpson was ultimately acquitted of the murders in a criminal trial, but was ordered to pay $33.5 million to the families of Brown and Goldman in a 1997 civil trial.
O.J. Simpson holds up his hands in front of the jury after donning new gloves that resemble his infamous bloody gloves during his double murder trial in Los Angeles on June 21, 1995. (Vince Bucci/Pool/Associated Press)
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On Thursday, his family announced that he had died of cancer at the age of 76.
“Our father, Orenthal James Simpson, passed away after a battle with cancer.” Post to OJ Simpson X official account. “He was surrounded by his children and his grandchildren.”
