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NYPD Sgt. John Coughlin died on 9/11 trying to help people escape from the World Trade Center — and now his oldest daughter is picking up his badge. Erin Coughlin, 27, is in the current class of cadets at the Police Academy, with visions of following in her father’s big footsteps.

Hurt cop nabs bad guy  Stabbed in head, he shoots, chases down the suspect until help arrives  BY MELISSA GRACE and ALISON GENDAR DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERSThursday, March 15th 2007, 4:00 AM Officer Anthony Cairone carries injured fellow Officer Angel Cruz into Jamaica Hospital after Cruz was stabbed in the head with a hunting knife during a struggle with suspect on subway platform. Even after he was hacked in the head with a hunting knife, a Brooklyn cop still managed to chase his attacker across a subway platform - shooting him twice before collapsing nearby, police said yesterday. NYPD...