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Stabbed MTA officer from LI leaves hospital

Originally published: July 5, 2012 2:54 PM
Updated: July 5, 2012 9:43 PM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO AND MARINA VILLENEUVE  alfonso.castillo@newsday.com,marina.villeneuve@newsday.com

MTA Police Officer John Barnett, who was stabbed

MTA Police Officer John Barnett, who was stabbed in the eye Wednesday, left Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on Thursday with a full MTA escort. Videojournalist: Patrick McCarthy (July 5, 2012) (July 5, 2012 8:54 PM)

John Barnett, the MTA officer from Central Islip who was stabbed in the eye by a knife-wielding assailant Wednesday, left the hospital Thursday evening giving a thumbs up, and set on running again and getting back to work.

About 30 Metropolitan Transportation Authority and NYPD officers in two columns lined the sidewalk of Jamaica Hospital Center in Queens as medical staff, followed by members...

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