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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Syrian man, 21, captures hearts in NYC as he tells how he helped catch Brooklyn subway shooter

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A 21-year-old Syrian man, who played a role in the capture of the suspected Brooklyn subway shooter on Wednesday, won hearts after he described how he saw Frank James through one of the security cameras and followed him.

Zack Tahhan, who moved from Syria to the US five years ago, recognised the alleged shooter while he was fixing a camera outside a convenience store in the East Village in Manhattan.

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