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Watch: A Bronx War Hero’s Lost Purple Heart Unites Long-Lost Relatives in Our Borough

By Ed García Conde
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Florinne Ambramowitz and her cousin Ronnie Connors who both grew up in The Bronx but never knew each other were reunited in our borough after their late uncle’s lost Purple Heart was returned.

Their uncle Rubin Keltch was killed in the navy during WWII.

The cousins never met due to their fathers having been estranged but 70 years after their uncle posthumously received a Purple Heart they feel complete now.

Watch the video below:

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