>> sorry, we couldn't do it. >> from the time that the news broke of lennon's death, new yorkers began streaming to the dakota apartments. >> reporter: by the time yoko had arrived home, fans had filled the streets. >> it is hard to imagine. still to this day, i guess, it still feels like a dream. >> more than 3,000 miles away in england, then 17-year-old julian lennon was just waking up when he got the news. he immediately flew to new york. >> every person on the plane had the newspaper of dad the's picture and john lennon slain, murdered, and da, da, da. and that is a toughy, a toughy. >> and julien went right to the