SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SONKIN PAUL D (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Fortress International Group, Inc. [ Figi ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) see footnote #1
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/06/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common stock $.0001 par value ( 1 )	10/22/2008		P		250 ( 2 )	A	$1.064	396,233	D ( 3 )
Common stock $.0001 par value	10/30/2008		P		400 ( 4 )	A	$1.031	396,633	D ( 5 )
Common stock $.0001 par value	10/10/2008		P		1,200 ( 6 )	A	$1.015	721,644	D ( 7 )
Common stock $.0001 par value	10/13/2008		P		500 ( 8 )	A	$1.088	722,144	D ( 9 )
Common stock $.0001 par value	10/14/2008		P		800 ( 10 )	A	$1.156	722,944	D ( 11 )
Common stock $.0001 par value	10/29/2008		P		500 ( 12 )	A	$1.127	723,444	D ( 13 )
Common stock $.0001 par value	10/06/2008		P		1,500 ( 14 )	A	$1.0839	1,500	D ( 15 )

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SONKIN PAUL D (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUMMINGBIRD VALUE FUND LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUMMINGBIRD MICROCAP VALUE FUND LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUMMINGBIRD CONCENTRATED FUND LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TARSIER NANOCAP VALUE FUND, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HUMMINGBIRD CAPITAL LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is filed jointly by Paul D. Sonkin, The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P. ("HVF"), The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P.("Microcap"),The Hummingbird Concentrated Fund, L.P. ("Concentrated"), The Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, L.P. ("Tarsier"),Hummingbird Capital, LLC, and Hummingbird Management, LLC. Paul D. Sonkin is the Managing Member of (a) Hummingbird Capital, LLC, the general partner of HVF, Microcap, Concentrated, and Tarsier and (b) Hummingbird Management, LLC, the investment manager to HVF, Microcap, Concentrated and Tarsier. Accordingly, each of Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC, and Hummingbird Management, LLC may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned by HVF, Microcap, Concentrated, and Tarsier reported herein. The Reporting Persons are members of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock.

2. Acquired by The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, LP.

3. Owned directly by The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P., and indirectly by Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC, and Hummingbird Management, LLC, each of which disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned by The Hummingbird Value Microcap Fund, L.P., except to the extent that each such party has an interest, if any, in The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P.

4. See footnote #2.

5. See footnote #3.

6. Acquired by The Hummingbird Concentrated Fund, LP.

7. Owned directly by The Hummingbird Concentrated Fund, L.P., and indirectly by Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC, and Hummingbird Management, LLC, each of which disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned by The Hummingbird Concentrated Fund, L.P., except to the extent that each such party has an interest, if any, in The Hummingbird Concentrated Fund, L.P.

8. See footnote #6.

9. See footnote #7.

10. See footnote #6.

11. See footnote #7.

12. See footnote #6.

13. See footnote #7.

14. Acquired by The Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, LP.

15. Owned directly by The Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, LP., and indirectly by Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC, and Hummingbird Management, LLC, each of which disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned by The Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, L.P., except to the extent that each such party has an interest, if any, in The Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, L.P.

	Paul Sonkin	12/01/2008
	Hummingbird Value Fund, LP	12/01/2008
	Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, LP	12/01/2008
	Hummingbird Concentrated Fund, LP	12/01/2008
	Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, LP	12/01/2008
	Hummingbird Management, LLC	12/01/2008
	Hummingbird Capital, LLC	12/01/2008
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