The Lennon Report Page #4

John Lennon's shot and

he's in this hospital.

- Okay, we have crews at the

Dakota and Roosevelt.

Now we've got you inside.

What is his condition?

- Phil, I'm no doctor

but I know you can't

have no circulation

and be living.

-How certain are you?

-Hello? Hello?

- I was in the middle of

an important call.

- This phone is for

hospital use only.

Get back to your bed.

- Alan? No!

- Everyone! Put

everything down!

- I'm sorry ma'am,

it's my fault.

I'll help him back to his bed.

-Thank you.

- Come on.

- You just don't do that.

So much for your radio.

-Okay, come on.

Is that really John

Lennon in there?

- Can I please get a pen

and piece of paper?

- Alan. You called it in.

Why don't you relax and let

who ever you called handle it?

- And I'm sure they will but

my job doesn't end with

a phone call.

History's being made

in there, my man.

The "give peace a chance"

guy just got gunned down.

If that's not a story

worth telling,

then I don't know what is.

- Alright, a couple pieces of

notebook paper work for you?

You didn't get that from me.

Hello.

-Hi, Tamara, it's DEA.

Sorry to call so late

but it's important.

- It's fine. He's up

watching the game.

Hang on, I'll go get him.

For me?

-Yeah, it's DEA.

-Alright, I got it. Thanks.

-Yeah, DEA, what is it?

- Hey, who were you

on the phone with?

- Depends on how much you heard.

- Look, I need to know

what you're up to out here.

- Do ya?

- Yeah.

- What's going on in there?

Is he gonna make it?

What happened to him?

- Why do you care?

Who are you?

- It doesn't matter who

I am now, does it?

Why don't you go back

inside and do your job?

I'll do mine.

- I need some

information from you.

- Here's my information.

You can keep it, too.

-Jesus.

Medina!

-Roosevelt hospital.

I need more visualization.

Can you switch out the gauze?

- The aorta seems to be intact.

- Are you seeing any injuries

or bullet wounds to the heart?

- There's no injury

but the heart is empty.

- He's hit in the lung...

- It's gotta be an artery

but I can't see it.

Maybe if we get more

circulation, I can find it.

I need more blood

going in there faster.

- There's arterial bleeding

but I cannot visualize

the pulmonary artery or

the subclavian.

Stuart, call the blood bank

and get more blood.

-Come on...

Hello?

- Bob, it's Phil with

WABC in New York.

- Hey, Phil, what's going on?

- Bob, I have a reporter

from the six o'clock news

who's at Roosevelt

hospital right now

reporting that John

Lennon's been shot dead.

-Jesus.

- Okay. So what do

you need from me?

- Well, we'd like to break in.

- Are you kidding me?

We got a tie game.

We are headed into overtime.

Come on, Phil, I wanna

help you, I do.

Maybe I could do a flash

but who's his source?

Have you gotten confirmation

from the hospital?

- He is, Bob. He's the

goddamn source.

He witnessed it.

He's there!

I've got no confirmation

from the hospital but

I did confirm a shooting

at the Dakota.

Bob, we're out in

front of everybody on this.

We can break this story.

- We're heading into overtime.

I'm not gonna have Howard

interrupt the broadcast to

report a story that

could turn out to be false.

Are you crazy?

- Call Roone Arledge.

He'll give you the go ahead.

No, no, no!

Howard, if you're

listening in the booth,

I'm going to call you

in a few minutes

with a story.

- I'm hearing good breath

sounds. He doesn't

need the chest tube.

- Barb, get the

heart rate monitor.

- We don't have one in here.

- Get one.

-Why?

-I think felt a beat.

- Roone, hey! It's Bob.

Sorry to call you so late.

But I just got a call from

Phill in the news room

in New York and he may have one

hell of a breaking story.

Where's the heart rate monitor?

- What's going on?

- David may have felt a pulse.

- Your friend is

from eye witness news.

- Get Medina.

- I can't find him.

- Get David the heart

rate monitor.

I'll find Medina.

If New York is

confirming that we can

break this story, we have

to have Howard flash it.

-Jesus.

Interrupt the broadcast.

Alright, I'll

have Howard flash it.

Absolutely interrupt.

Bob, what's happening?

What's going on?

What is going on?!

-Dr. Lynn.

- Come with me. There is

going to be chaos on

the streets outside.

Reporters, photographers, fans

are going to do

whatever they can to get

into this building.

Get all your men in here.

Call more in if you have to.

- I'll call the

precinct for help.

-Perfect.

- Should I route the press

into the Winston lobby or

keep them at bay

out on the street?

- The lobby works. Tell

everybody that's where the

official statement's gonna

be and listen to me...

I want you to check

every person.

Verify their identification.

No one gets in

without credentials.

-Doctor. We've got it.

- David? Monitor's on.

Start compression.

-Medina.

- Shh. Officer Medina.

Just wait.

Do me a favor.

Keep an eye on those

two bozos, huh?

NYPD 20th precinct.

- Hey, this is officer Medina,

I'm gonna need some

assistance with

crowd control over at

Roosevelt hospital.

- We have some officers from

our precinct there already.

- Yeah, we feel

that's not enough.

We can't have the streets

blocked preventing

ambulances from going through.

- Buddy, we got a scene

that we are dealing with

at the Dakota right now.

A potential problem isn't

our main priority.

We're doing our best.

- Well right now your best

ain't cutting it.

- I'll send as many guys

as I can spare,

when I can spare them.

-What's up?

- We've got a journalist.

In the e.D. And right

next to that high profile

patient I told you about.

-Alan Weiss, I know.

- You know? You chase

bums out of the waiting

room for warming up,

and you knowingly left

the press outside of a

VIP's room?

- Take it easy,

I'll take care of it.

- Do your f***ing job.

- Jesus Christ.

- Listen, I need someone

removed from the e.D.

One Alan Weiss.

Now?

- Yeah, get it done.

-Weiss. Lay down.

- No, I'm good sitting here.

Doctor said that she'd

be back in a minute.

- Oh? Lay down.

- This is not how you

treat your patients!

- You've been admitted into

the hospital. They'll take

care of you there and you

are not to return to the

emergency department

for any reason whatsoever.

-Bob, what's going on?

- Howard, listen, John

Lennon was just shot

outside the Dakota in New York.

- How long have we been at this?

-Quite a while.

I know you knew him

and I'm sorry.

This is unfortunate,

but this is big.

And Roone wants you

to do the news flash.

Bob, I've got a tie game here!

- Dr. Halleran, are you

seeing any progress?

Dr. Halleran, is the patient

responding to internal

cardiac compressions?

-No, still nothing.

- Howard, let's go with

them on this one. Okay?

-Thanks.

What was that all about?

-John Lennon.

He was shot outside of

his apartment.

-Oh boy.

Are there any other

measures available to us?

- If we can find the

source of the blood loss

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