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On Staten Island, family and friends gathered to say their goodbyes to former MLB pitcher-turned-Port Authority police officer Andrew Carney, who was tragically killed in a wrong-way accident while driving to the 9/11 memorial service. As 37-year-old Anthony Varvaro was formally welcomed with the guard of honour at his funeral at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Tompkinsville on Thursday, a sea of blue uniforms stretched for blocks. It was followed by internment at St. Peter's Cemetery. The Staten Island native retired from baseball in 2016 to become a police officer for the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey. He appeared in the major leagues for six seasons, including four with the Atlanta Braves. Varvaro leaves behind a bereaved wife and four children, as well as a devastated neighborhood who say he was "everything you could want in a person."

Anthony Varvaro, a former MLB pitcher and New York police officer, was killed in a head-on car collision while trying to attend the 9/11 memorial service in Manhattan. On Sunday, police and his former baseball teams announced the tragic news, and the 37-year-old's widow and four children are surviving. Varvaro, a Jersey native, starred for the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, and Boston Red Sox before retiring in June 2016 to become a Port Authority police officer.