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Off-duty EMT from Franklin Square leaps on tracks to save woman

An off-duty emergency medical technician (EMT) from Franklin Square almost died trying to save a suicidal woman Thursday. Daniel Fitzpatrick, a New York City EMT, was at a Brooklyn subway station on

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