40TH & MAIN

A Wendy's manager and six of his employees came to work on an ordinary Wednesday evening only for their American Dreams to be shattered by two mass murderers. On May 24, 2000, Jaquione Johnson, an 18-year-old Wendy's employee, was scheduled for the evening shift. Jaquione, his manager, Jean, and five other employees discussed everything from their life goals to plans for Memorial Day Weekend while working a busy shift. A former Wendy's manager, John Taylor, and his 6'5 accomplice, Craig Godineaux, came into Wendy's that night before closing. What was supposed to be a robbery turned out to one of New York's most gruesome mass murders in history. Fortunately, Jaquione, and another employee, Patrick Castro, survived the bloodbath. Twenty years later, Jaquione decides to tell his story of the tragedy that night, the events that led to the mass shooting, and his life after his recovery from getting shot in the head in the gripping novel, 40TH & MAIN.