Sammy Gravano

But John had a meeting with DiBono and DiBono told John that he had a billion dollars of drywall work that was coming out of the World Trade Center. Gotti and Ruggiero then sought and obtained the approval of the Colombo and Bonanno families while DeCicco secured the backing of the Luccheses. As the hat-and-trench-coat-adorned men slipped away into the night Gotti calmly drove the car past the front of the restaurant to get a look at the scene.

Originally a mobster for the Colombo crime family and later for the Brooklyn faction of the Gambinos Gravano participated in the conspiracy to murder Gambino boss Paul Castellano. After Castellano's death Gotti elevated Gravano to underboss a position he held at the time he became a government witness. He is known as the man who helped bring down John Gotti the family's boss by agreeing to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) government witness.