Writers Tricks of the Trade Issue 3 Volume 9 | Page 31

guy’s house and garden, all a nice shade of
pink. rested on drug charges before we could
carry out the hit.
You and Huck Carbonaro were supposed to kill
Sammy “The Bull” Gravano who owned
Marathon Construction in Arizona. Gravano was
living a very public life and even referred to
himself as “the youngest, best looking turncoat
in Mafia history.” What prevented that and
saved you from becoming a killer? There are so many more things I would like to
ask you, but space is limited. I’ll finish with a few
questions. Why did you go into the witness
protection program and are you concerned
about giving interviews?
We found Gravano's Arizona construc-
tion business, with fancy cars with tinted
windows parked outside. It looked like a
mob hangout in Brooklyn. I said to Huck,
“We must have run up on a den of rats."
We considered taking out Gravano with
a sniper's bullet or a directional bomb that
would spew shotgun bullets. That wasn’t
going to happen because Gravano was ar-
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Why does anyone go into witness pro-
tection? I’m not in it now. If they want to
kill me of course they could. I’m not stupid.
I’ll give an interview but I’m not telling
them where to find me.
Sal, your story is a great story, it would make a
great book. Thanks so much for talking to me.
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