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Highland Park woman dies trying to save 3-year-old

A Highland Park woman is being called a hero Friday after she died trying to save a child from drowning. The woman worked as a nanny for a Long Island family. Police say she died Thursday after jumping

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Jul 4, 2008, 10:47 PM

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