i was in the car and the people outside were saying wits john lennon, john lennon was shot. as they were placing him across the back seat i asked if he was john lenen and i heard a yes, we went down columbus avenue, the light and siren all the way. back of the dakota a fran take yoko ono followed them into the street. i didn t know t was her and she wanted to get in the car but i didn t think it was a good idea so i held her and i says we will take you in our car. they drove yoko to roosevelt hospital. steve spyro and peter cullen prepared to take mark david chapman to the 20th precinct. we put him in the back seat of the patrol car and started going into our precinct and at one point he said he apologized to us for ruining our night. id said boy, you got to be crazy. i said you just ruined your life. coming up, meet the man who literally held john lennon s
face down on the floor. i pushed her out of the way, turned over the body and he was bleeding profusely. i bent down to see if i could get a pulse and there was a pulse although faint. another police officer came in and said the ambulance is ten minutes out so i just said let s go and we picked him up and i had him by the shoulders. i had his legs and we supported the middle of his body by grabbing his jeans. they actually were trying to put him in their car but their car was blocked in by other police cars and other people that were stopping to see what was going on. it was moran s car that pulled up. i was in the car and the people outside were saying wits john lennon, john lennon was shot. as they were placing him across the back seat i asked if he was john lenen and i heard a yes, we went down columbus avenue,
it became a year of good news. yoko became pregnant and their son shawn was born on john s 35th birthday, october 9. that same day john learned that he finally won his immigration battle. this time he would choose family over year. i didn t really think about music at all. my guitar was sort of hung up behind the bed literally. he actually said for the first time in my life i don t have to do anything. i can now spend time with my new son and my life and not have to answer to anybody. it was i think the early 60s that was he signed to a record deal and he was either john lennon beatle or ex-beatle and this was a time where he could rediscover who he was. he was much older, wiser, could see his own short comings. that was apparent the first time around. he determines no one will be closer to his son the first time around than he is to shawn.
face down on the floor. i pushed her out of the way, turned over the body and he was bleeding profusely. i bent down to see if i could get a pulse and there was a pulse although faint. another police officer came in and said the ambulance is ten minutes out so i just said let s go and we picked him up and i had him by the shoulders. i had his legs and we supported the middle of his body by grabbing his jeans. they actually were trying to put him in their car but their car was blocked in by other police cars and other people that were stopping to see what was going on. it was moran s car that pulled up. i was in the car and the people outside were saying wits john lennon, john lennon was shot. as they were placing him across the back seat i asked if he was john lenen and i heard a yes, we went down columbus avenue,
when lennon left for a recording session around 5:00 p.m. a nervous chapman asked him to sign his album which lennon did. incredibly, the moment was caught by an amateur photographer. i did have that thought like there is no protection and no security, he is just standing out here. i kept saying go back to the hotel and pack your bags and go home now. dave then gave john and yoko a lift to the studio. the ride over was just fabulous. touched on a lot of things and talked for a bit about his relationship with paul and he was like a brother but it is all said and done, we love each other. he dropped john and yoko off here, 321 west 44th street. there was a recording studio here known as the record plant. john and yoko spent the evening working on her song walking on thin ice before returning to the dakota shortly before 11:00 p.m.