Vincenzo Santorini

Explosives and Demolitions
Age: 38
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Parents: Humberto and Fabiola Santorini

Expertise:
Freelance Munitions and Ordinance placement, Milano Mining, 1900, experience as Arson Specialist, Romo, 1903; Special consultant to Italia Bridge and Tunnel, 1903-04, demolitions expert, Sicily Construction 1904, explosives technician for Bentivegna Family Concrete and Olive Oil Importers 1905, technical support and advisor to Addario Meat Packing 1906, master's degree in engineering and demolitions; Delphi Prison Correspondence Reform Program 1909, bachelor's degree in advanced chemistry, Delphi Prison Correspondence Reform Program, 1910, technical overseer and hardrock blasting technician, Whitmore Industries Mining 1913.

Background:
Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini is the eldest of Humberto and Fabiola Santorini. The parents own and operate a shop that specializes in floral arrangement and holiday decorations. Because of an unfortunate, and to date, unexplained explosion, the Santorini family was forced to relocate their business. Young Vincenzo always seemed to have a passion for and a fascination with fire, and was disciplined often as a small boy for lighting blazes. After the accident with the floer shop in 1891, Vinny became more obsessed with pyrotechnics and explosives. He began to mix his own formula for TNT in 1894 when he was eighteen. By the time he was twenty two, Vinny was known as an accomplished amateur chemist who specialized in explosive compounds. It wasn't until 1899 that he was able to prove himself professionally in the field as an explosives expert. He quickly grew in reputation and fame as an authority on demolitions, and garnered the attentions of local businessman Enrico Bentivegna. While in the employ of the Bentivegna family, Vinny seemed to drop from public sight. Clues at to his whereabouts surfaced with the explosive destruction of several delivery trucks of a business rival of Bentivegna. It is known that Luca Addario approached Vinny about a career change in late 1905. It is also known that Enrico Bentivegna and four employees were killed in an explosion that consumed their two automobiles. Italian authorities were quick to place responsibility for the blast at the feet of Vincenzo. He did a stretch of time in Milan's Delphi Prison, where he continued his education as an expert in the fields of engineering and demolitions. His sentence was reduced by forty-two years in 1911. Currently employed with Mining Division.