According to Smith, they set themselves and accomplished the goal of leaving a tag every 20 feet in the 60th Street Tunnel.

[2] The work covered both sides of the Manhattan tower of the bridge, and was visible for miles.

[3] New York's Transit Police had been tracking Sane Smith for three years and described them as "one of the top 20 graffiti artists in the city in terms of damage done.

His brother Roger obtained a degree in computer science from Fordham University, though subsequently gave up his job to paint full-time.

[2] In February, aged 19, he had been arrested and had become the first graffiti writer in Manhattan to be formally accused of third-degree criminal mischief.