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Drowning victim Boyce 'Scoop' Coleman called a hero

A man who drowned while trying to save a 5-year old autistic boy from the Hudson River is being called a hero. Boyce "Scoop" Coleman, 40, died trying to save 5-year-old Stephen Martin from the Hudson

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