I doubt that a man of Trafficante's smarts would been staying in that hotel if he knew there was a major hit going down the next day in the hotel lobby. Coincidence.

I've read somewhere that "Trigger Mike" Coppola was Anastasia's driver that day, he suddenly disappeared just before the two shooters came through the door.

This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this, hey, thats great. But it's very, very unpredictable. There are so many ways you can screw it up.-Paul Castellano (he would know)

"I'm not talking about Italians, I'm talking about criminals."-Joe Valachi