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Two firefighters who died after responding to a ship fire at Port Newark last summer and a New Jersey State Police Trooper killed in a training accident over the weekend were among 22 public safety officers honored Tuesday during a sometimes tearful luncheon attended by more than 200 family members and colleagues. Newark Fire Division Captains Augusto Acabou and Wayne Brooks Jr. were honored following their deaths on July 5 during Tuesday’s annual luncheon of the 200 Club of Essex County, a group founded by business leaders in 1966 to support the families of police and firefighters who demonst…

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