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Man hailed as hero for saving 3 kids from suspected molester

A Good Samaritan is credited with saving three children from a convicted sex offender in Bay Ridge yesterday. Just before 7 p.m., Steven McEvoy was walking down Fifth Avenue when he noticed three kids

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Mar 22, 2012, 6:18 PM

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