Thursday 15 September 2022 10:11 PM Funeral held for ex-MLB pitcher-turned NYC police officer who died on morning ... trends now
Family and friends gathered on Staten Island to say goodbye to former MLB pitcher-turned-Port Authority police officer who was tragically killed in a wrong-way crash while driving to the 9/11 memorial ceremony earlier this week.
A sea of blue uniforms stretched down the street for 37-year-old Anthony Varvaro as he was given the guard of honor at his funeral on Thursday at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Tompkinsville. It was followed by internment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
The Staten Island native retired from professional baseball in 2016 to become a police officer for the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey. He played for six seasons in the big leagues, including four with the Atlanta Braves.
Varvaro died in the crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday leaving behind his devastated wife and four children, along with a grieving community who say he was 'everything you could want in a person.'
A sea of blue uniforms stretched for blocks as 37-year-old Anthony Varvaro was given the guard of honor at his funeral on Thursday at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Tompkinsville. It was followed by internment at St. Peter's Cemetery
Police officers embrace as they mourn former MLB pitcher-turned-Port Authority police officer who was tragically killed in a wrong-way crash while driving to the 9/11 memorial ceremony earlier this week
Varvaro leaves behind his wife Kerry Varvaro and four young children. At the funeral on Friday, the grieving widow held on to their oldest son for comfort as she broke down in tears and watched as her husband's casket passed by
Former baseball star-turned-police officer Anthony Varvaro was killed in the head-on crash on Sunday when he collided with a wrong-way driver near Exit 14C on the New Jersey Turnpike, close to the Holland Tunnel, in Jersey City
Varvaro was killed in the head-on crash on Sunday when he collided with a wrong-way driver near Exit 14C on the New Jersey Turnpike, close to the Holland Tunnel, in Jersey City.
He was en route to the World Trade Center Command for the annual commemoration of September 11, 2001.
Police say 30-year-old Henry Plazas, of Bridgewater, New Jersey, was traveling west in the eastbound lanes when he struck Varvaro'S car head on. Both drivers were killed.
Varvaro leaves behind his wife Kerry Varvaro and four young children.
At the funeral on Friday, the grieving widow held on to their oldest son for comfort as she broke down in tears and watched as her husband's casket passed by.
Hundreds of officers lined Victory Boulevard outside Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in
