NYPD Det. Brian Moore
[From article]
When the funeral was finished, after the fond remembrances and a final standing ovation, the father of slain Officer Brian Moore stood outside the church and sobbed.
The distraught former NYPD sergeant’s body shook with emotion as the flag once draped over son Brian’s wooden casket was folded into a triangle and presented to the family.
Raymond Moore steadied himself by clutching his daughter Christine after Friday’s gut-wrenching Mass, where more than 15,000 mourners inside and outside the church heard how Brian worshiped his father — and the NYPD.
“Brian grew up on stories of the job, from the time he was a little boy,” Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told the overflow audience inside St. James Church in Seaford, L.I. “He dreamed of being a cop. He dreamed of following his dad, whom he loved so much . . . He was living his dream.”
The 25-year-old officer received a long, standing ovation at the two-hour public farewell after a choked-up Bratton announced Moore’s posthumous promotion to detective first grade.
The distraught former NYPD sergeant’s body shook with emotion as the flag once draped over son Brian’s wooden casket was folded into a triangle and presented to the family.
Raymond Moore steadied himself by clutching his daughter Christine after Friday’s gut-wrenching Mass, where more than 15,000 mourners inside and outside the church heard how Brian worshiped his father — and the NYPD.
“Brian grew up on stories of the job, from the time he was a little boy,” Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told the overflow audience inside St. James Church in Seaford, L.I. “He dreamed of being a cop. He dreamed of following his dad, whom he loved so much . . . He was living his dream.”
The 25-year-old officer received a long, standing ovation at the two-hour public farewell after a choked-up Bratton announced Moore’s posthumous promotion to detective first grade.
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The hordes of blue-clad officers came from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut, from New Mexico and California and Louisiana.
"I know he was a good cop, so that’s why we came,” said Detective Jacob Courtney, 30, of the San Juan County (N.M.) Sheriff’s Office.
The group inside the church included the family of Officer Wenjian Liu, shot to death inside his police car just six months ago.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-country-gather-nypd-funeral-article-1.2215311
Thousands of cops attend funeral of slain NYPD Officer Brian Moore; 'his bravery was matched by his compassion'
BY ERIK BADIA , ROCCO PARASCANDOLA , LARRY MCSHANE
"I know he was a good cop, so that’s why we came,” said Detective Jacob Courtney, 30, of the San Juan County (N.M.) Sheriff’s Office.
The group inside the church included the family of Officer Wenjian Liu, shot to death inside his police car just six months ago.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-country-gather-nypd-funeral-article-1.2215311
Thousands of cops attend funeral of slain NYPD Officer Brian Moore; 'his bravery was matched by his compassion'
BY ERIK BADIA , ROCCO PARASCANDOLA , LARRY MCSHANE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015, 11:52 AM Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015, 4:29 PM
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