The_Rise_And_Fall_Of_John_Gotti

The Rise And Fall Of John Gotti John Gotti's life is an amazing story, it's not amazing because he was the boss of the biggest crime family in America, but because of the way he rose and fell from grace. "John Gotti grew up in a poverty environment in Brooklyn, and came from a family that included eleven brothers and sisters, and parents who struggled to make ends meet" (Stengel 2). It was in Brooklyn, that Gotti, begun running errand for gangsters, and eventually rose to leadership of his own gang called the Fulton-Rockaway Boys. It was here that John Gotti, met Angelo Ruggiero, and Willie Boy Johnson, two soldiers that would follow Gotti for years to come (Stengel 3). In 1968 Gotti, Ruggiero, and Johnson were caught hi-jacking near JFK Airport, and the result was a four-year prison sentence. Once Gotti got out of prison in 1972, he met Neil Dellacroce, and important underboss to Carlo Gambino, and this would out be one of the most influential persons in John Gotti's life. "Neil Dellacroce took Gotti under his wing and eventually brought him into the Gambino family, which is the biggest organized crime family in America" (Worsnop 2). In 1973, gotti, family, gravano, gambino, because, castellano, gotti's, dellacroce, about, john, fbi, crew, boss, sammy, prison, out, crime, carlo, been, underboss, ruggiero, one, nostra, cosa, chin, caught, brought, time, tapes, soldiers, rico, murder, life, killed, government