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Yonkers Police Capt. Joseph Barca heading to wedding of Shammah Hamideh, the baby he saved in 1993

A Yonkers police captain who revived a baby girl back in 1993 is now heading to the woman's wedding. On Dec. 27, 1993, Yonkers Police Capt. Joseph Barca was sent to a home on Linden Street after he

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