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Police: Good Samaritan stabbed on subway car in Manhattan

Good Samaritan stabbed on subway
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NEW YORK -- Police say a good Samaritan was stabbed on the subway overnight in Manhattan. 

It happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. Monday on a southbound D train near the Rockefeller Plaza station. 

Police said a man in his 50s was harassing passengers in a train car. The 27-year-old victim tried to intervene and ended up getting stabbed. 

He was taken to an East Side hospital in stable condition. 

There was no word on his attacker. 

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