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Nassau cop rescues E. Rockaway family from fire

A Nassau County police officer on his way home from work helped an East Rockaway family to safety early Sunday after he noticed smoke billowing from their house and alerted them to the blaze, police said

The officer, whom police identified only by his last name, O'Connor, had completed his overnight shift in the Fourth Precinct in Hewlett when he noticed heavy smoke in the vicinity of Oceanview...

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