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He was like a character out of "goodfellas." when i started talking to vladimir, i was a little surprised. he was a very calm, gentle guy. he was relaying his situation to me. >> translator: i was living a double life. it was awful for me. it's like watching a horror movie on tv then you're actually living it. >> kuna was serving 25 years for his role as an accomplice in a bizarre organized crime plot that was so infamous that it inspired five books and a czech feature film. it also resulted in five murders, including kuna's mother. >> translator: as far as my own personal story is concerned, ...

Colleagues which was something that nobody should ever have to stomach. >> reporter: now amid questions of how all of that played out begins the long mourning by families and friends of the victims. robert hiaasen, known as big rob. not just because he was tall --. >> he was just this big, generous, gentle guy. >> reporter: gerald fischman, editorial page editor. quiet, reserves, with an encyclopedia knowledge of everything. john mcnamara loved sports and history. a jack of all trades and a fantastic person. rebecca smith, sales assistant. kind and considerate and willing to help. and wendi wi...

Them. and so, this is -- you know, rob never thought of it as heroic. he thought of it as a civic duty, as a responsibility in a functioning democracy. but he was just this big, generous, gentle guy, and gifted, such a gifted writer and editor, as those who worked with him will tell you or have told you. >> we've heard a lot of mention made of him being big rob because he was tall, but that it was about much more than his height, that his heart was big, his spirit was generous, and you've touched on that little bit. but you even said in your post, he was big, but because he was tall but had re...

Mentor and he saw his work as part of a civic duty. >> rob never thought of it as heroic, he thought of it as a civic duty, a responsibility in a functioning democracy. but he was just this big, generous, gentle guy and such a gifted writer and editor. >> gerald fishman, an a word-winning journalist. the 61-year-old was quiet, clever and quirky. respected by his peers. local politicians said he asked tough questions and created every local story with deep importance. one of the survivors of thursday's shooting was a college senior, the newspaper's intern, anthony messenger. he tells nbc his co...