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NYPD: Harlem woman dies after fall, infant son critical

A file photo of an NYPD vehicle.

Photo credit: Newsday | A file photo of an NYPD vehicle.

A woman clutching her infant son plunged to her death from an eighth-floor Harlem apartment window but the 10-month-old boy survived, police said Wednesday night.

Cynthia Wachenheim, 45, was found on the street with her son near her arms, police said. An NYPD officer who responded took the baby to a Harlem hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

Police discovered...

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