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The man who took his life by jumping off the I-95 bridge at Exit 9 in Stamford Wednesday has been identified as Sal Buchetto. He retired as a science teacher from Cloonan Middle School, located on

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The man who took his life by jumping off the I-95 bridge at Exit 9 in Stamford Wednesday has been identified as Sal Buchetto. He retired as a science teacher from Cloonan Middle School, located on

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