handcuffed right there to lee harvey oswald when he was shot. lavelle nearly died that day himself. now at age 93, he s part of this fascinating new documentary to be aired on the military channel that chronicles the capture and killing of jfk s assassin. really impressive detective work on behalf of dallas p drk. it s called capturing oswald. it comes from a unique perspective. lavelle s granddaughter produced it. jim and his granddaughter kate join me. thank you for joining me. thank you. i should point out, talk about incredible circumstances, you were also at pearl harbor when it was attacked. just an aside for our viewers. here you were, you were handcuffed to oswald, and once again, you escaped death, and you believe, sir, let me hear the story from you. it s because of lee harvey oswald s rib that you lived. explain. i was handcuffed to him
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shooting. and at that time he answered all my questions willingly. and as soon as i asked him. he didn t hold back on anything. of course he didn t answer them all truthfully, but he was very calm and collected. and you couldn t imagine anybody who had just killed two people could be so calm and collected as he was. let me turn to you, kate. obviously this is a huge part of your family life, i guess. it must be something you ve talked about many times. you ve coproduced this movie capturing oswald. what do you think about all the conspiracy theories, given all the research that you ve now done into this? i agree with my grandpa and the detectives in my show. i do not buy into any of the conspiracy theories. i don t think any of them hold any water. but the evidence that the amassed in those first 48 hours there would have been a conviction of oswald. i m convinced of that. jim lovell, you were in the ambulance with oswald.
clue that he was going to be a suspect in the presidential shooting. and at that time he answered all my questions willingly. and as soon as i asked him. he didn t hold back on anything. of course he didn t answer them all truthfully, but he was very calm and collected. and you couldn t imagine anybody who had just killed two people could be so calm and collected as he was. let me turn to you, kate. obviously this is a huge part of your family life, i guess. it must be something you ve talked about many times. you ve coproduced this movie capturing oswald. what do you think about all the conspiracy theories, given all the research that you ve now done into this? i agree with my grandpa and the detectives in my show. i do not buy into any of the conspiracy theories. i don t think any of them hold any water. but the evidence that the amassed in those first 48 hours
his granddaughter, his coproducer on a documentary capturing oswald. you re another piece of history in many ways. when you yourself see that famous footage, infamous footage, what goes through your mind even though now 50 years later? about the only thing i can think of is, i was hoping to save my prisoner and i didn t do it. that probably goes through my mind more than anything else. do you feel a sense of guilt, even though you have no reason, to but do you feel that? that had you managed to keep him alive we may have been able to answer all the conspiracy theories that have raged ever since? no doubt about it had we kept him alive the conspiracy people would have had a hard time bringing up a lot of the things that the bring up. so yes, indeed. i would have really preferred to