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Fallen officer's priority: his daughters

New York City Police officer Peter Figoski was

Photo credit: Facebook | New York City Police officer Peter Figoski was shot and killed while responding to a robbery in Cypress Hills Monday morning. This photo, taken from Corinne Figoski's Facebook page, shows Peter Figoski with his four daughters, from left, Caitlyn, Corinne, Caroline and Christine.

Joye Brown

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Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

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There came a point after Monday's services for Officer Peter Figoski when the churning, almost endless sea of blue fell eerily silent.

Slowly, slowly as the service inside St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church came to a close, the thousands of law enforcement officials scattered for blocks and across a portion of the Babylon high school athletic field pulled into a series of imperfect lines, undulating...

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