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Holding Out For a Hero? Bensonhurst’s Lioni Italian Has One For You, And It’s The Size Of Your Arm

Photo by Yelp user Lisa H.The Bensonhurst storefront on 7803 15th Avenue has a long reputation in the neighborhood for its fresh mozzarella, and a slightly newer reputation for its mouthwatering, arm-long heroes. “We deliver all the way out to Jersey,” the co-owner of Lioni Italian Heroes sandwich shop

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Qing Chen, Man Who Rescued Baby Who Plunged From 18th Ave Window, Honored By Bensonhurst Officials And Borough President

From left to right, Assemblyman Peter Abbate, honoree Qing Chen, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Councilman Vincent Gentile (Photo by Kathryn Kirk via Stefan Ringel)When baby Ayana was spotted crawling on an awning on 18th Avenue, Qing Chen sprung to action, climbed out onto the awning and grabbed

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Local Hero: LIU Student And Dyker Heights Resident Saves A Woman’s Life

Source: Ad Meskens via Wikimedia CommonsSaid Kanoun, 25, was on his way to class at Long Island University when he saw a woman faint and fall on the R Train platform at the Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center stop. The young man arrived from Algeria just three months ago and was

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Video: Local Fisherman Tells His Heroic Story

It was almost exactly a year ago that a car plummeted into the waters off the Sheepshead Bay piers, spurring fisherman Keith Gorman into hero mode. Gorman ran from his post near Captain Dave’s vessel down Emmons Avenue to Dooley Street, where a car attempting to park lost control

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Did You Save Anyone Recently?

The Daily News is aiding in the search for the savior of Jordan’s Lobster Dock heir Brian Jordan after he nearly drowned in Coney Island this weekend. Apparently, around 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jordan jumped into the water off of a Coney Island pier when his speedboat, Starfish,