The NYPD officer from Massapequa Park was posthumously promoted to detective first grade during the service.
Mourners gathered at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Massapequa Saturday for the funeral of Jonathan Diller."Our lives were pretty much perfect until five days ago when everything changed forever," Stephanie Diller said while delivering her husband's eulogy. She described him as someone with an infectious personality who always dreamed of being a father.
"It breaks my heart that Ryan was robbed of getting to know him," she continued. "My husband died as a hero, but he also lived as one. Our world will never be the same.""I wish Jonathan was here to see the incredible kindness and generosity that has been shown to our family, but I know, in his own way, he is here watching over us," she added.
NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban announced during the funeral that Diller was posthumously promoted to detective first grade. He said Diller was an ambitious officer who took a loaded gun off the street days before he was killed."He went toward the danger. He put himself in harm’s way. And he did it so that other New Yorkers wouldn't have to," Caban said.
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