Curtis Sliwa actually SURVIVED an assassination attempt by the Mafia Don, John Gotti in 1992.
He was kidnapped and shot by two gunmen after entering a stolen taxi in Manhattan. The taxi picked up Sliwa near his home in the East Village, and a gunman hiding in the front passenger seat jumped up and fired several shots, hitting him in the groin and legs.
The kidnapping was foiled when Sliwa leapt from a front window of the moving cab and escaped. Sliwa underwent surgery for internal injuries and leg wounds.
Prosecutors claimed that Gotti was angered by remarks Sliwa had made on his radio program about Gotti’s father
Junior
IQ maybe lowest in history of anyone ever claiming to be boss of a major crime family
Laughable
So he crawled tnto the front seat and then out the window, and he was shot before doing so?
That is one amazing story!