In his early age he lived in orphanage where-all the boys would beg every morning. Rocco got frightened when he heard him the old man talking to -someone else and asking the price to make Rocco a cripple. Rocco had also heard rumors of America’s opportunities and he met a young man who pulled a handful of gold and told him he made that in American in few days. He traveled to America by ship and found a job. An Irishman gets him into the job. Gradually he learned English from men and when the job was over he had earned a lot of wealth.