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Brooklyn family, artist celebrate life of 9/11 victim

A local artist is helping a Brooklyn family remember a loved one who was lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Flatlands resident Abe Zelmanowitz died on 9/11 the same way he lived, by putting others

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Sep 11, 2008, 5:41 PM

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