BORN IN SOUTH BROOKLYN IN 1956 INTO A FAMILY OF HITMEN MY FATHER RICKY AND MY UNCLE BOBBY DARROW WERE SHOOTERS FOR THE GALLO CRIME FAMILY THEY WERE ALSO BODYGUARDS TO LARRY AND CRAZY JOE GALLO,  UNCLE JOE SCHAPINI WAS A CAPO IN THE GENOVESE CRIME FAMILY AND BODYGUARD TO FRANK COSTELLO, THAT BEING THE CASE WITH CRAZY JOE AND HIS TWO BROTHERS PINCHING MY CHEEKS TILL TEARS CAME DOWN MY   FACE, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE I DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL BY 9TH GRADE TO HIT THE STREETS. I SPENT 35 YEARS OF MY LIFE WITH GALLO'S YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME BUT I WAS THERE ONE OF THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY, MY FATHER WAS OLD SCHOOL TRY NOT TO TAKE PHOTOS AND GET ARRESTED HE SAID  THAT DONT MAKE YOU MONEY 

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