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Service held for Italian victims of Hudson air crash

They had come to the city in anonymity, a group of Italians out to enjoy New York City.

But at noon Wednesday, under the gaze of cameras, reporters and curious onlookers, the coffins of five Italians killed in a midair collision above the Hudson River were brought out of a funeral chapel on the Upper East Side one by one for a final trip back home.

The coffins included the remains of...

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