105 year-old Italian man born in Sicily.
101 years ago, his family 
came to America on a boat;
he remembers his mother 
negotiating for food for his family 
and waving at the Statue of Liberty.

At 18, while working at a cement factory 
in Texas, the Black Hand (Mafia)
threatened to "take" family members.
To escape the pressures of extortion,
his family moved to southern California.

In the 1920s, he rode trains with hobos.
While working in Yellowstone Park, he got to 
shake President Hoover's hand.

He opened a flower business when he was 40 
and retired from it three times,
finally retiring at the age of 89.

On his 105th birthday,
he had a couple of glasses of red wine 
and danced with the girls, his doctor and 
"the blonde nurse."