the el train rumbles north past the aging tenements of uptown into the belmont avenue station.
eddie cusack jumps up on the truck's running board and sticks his head in. on the seat beside donato is a sledgehammer and a sawed off automatic rifle. the two men stare at each other as they concentrate on the crackling radio.
eddie nods to donato who grabs a walkie-talkie from the seat.
eddie wrestles another garbage can into the truck's hopper as doc's car cruises slowly past.
eddie stands on the running board of the truck with donato at the wheel. they listen to the radio.
eddie's eyes scan the scene as he sorts through a garbage can with a stick.
over the idling engine of the garbage truck, eddie and donato hear the deal going down on the radio.
donato is moving down the gangway when vito's body -- followed by the scaffold plank -- falls from the sky and crashes into the pavement right in front of him.
cragie and kosalas brace themselves on each side of the rear door to the painters' building. cragie is white with fear. kosalas kicks in the door. they enter.
the van hurtles down the alley, splashing through puddles past the loading docks of a packing company. parked along one side of the end of the alley is a meat truck from the opening montage. a loading ramp leads to the gaping rear doors.
this alley leads to the lower level of michigan avenue. she turns back to find the exit blocked by the comachos. she flees downward.