{"id":241929,"date":"2021-05-04T20:17:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/widow-mourns-anastasios-tsakos-nypd-cop-killed-by-drunk-driver\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T20:17:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:17:51","slug":"widow-mourns-anastasios-tsakos-nypd-cop-killed-by-drunk-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/widow-mourns-anastasios-tsakos-nypd-cop-killed-by-drunk-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"#Widow mourns Anastasios Tsakos, NYPD cop killed by drunk driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Widow mourns Anastasios Tsakos, NYPD cop killed by drunk driver<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The widow of Anastasios Tsakos \u2014 the NYPD cop killed by a drunk driver \u2014 sobbed as she remembered her beloved hubby as \u201cthe love of my life\u201d and an \u201cawesome dad\u201d at his funeral Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish we had more time \u2014 to watch our kids grow,\u201d Irene Tsakos said in front of mourners at the packed Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn. \u201cI wish we could grow old together. That was the plan, but you were taken from us too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

She fought back tears as she continued about their two children, ages 3 and 6, \u201cAnd now our kids will grow up without their dad, without their awesome dad. They will never forget. I will make sure of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cTasos, you are the love of my life,\u201d Irene choked, while bursting into tears. \u201cI hope I made you proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

American and Greek flags stood side by side at the front of the Long Island chapel, next to Tsakos\u2019 flower-draped open casket and a large portrait of the 43-year-old officer. <\/p>\n

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Flowers draped the casket of Officer Anastasios Tsakos.<\/figcaption>
Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A massive wall of police officers lined the road outside the church.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are shocked, scared, angered at the unfairness and senselessness that took him from us,\u201d NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told mourners at the funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe seek to make sense of this to understand why this happ<\/a>ened. What plan could have been part of it? What possible lesson could be gleaned from this?\u201d Shea said. \u201cWe cry out, \u2018Well, God certainly knows his plan.\u2019 We do not. And although Tasos may be in a better place, we want him here with us.\u201d <\/p>\n

The top cop said Tsakos\u2019 commitment to the job was so strong that the 14-year department veteran had not called in sick for nearly a decade and went to court to testify on cases on his own time. <\/p>\n

After the emotional service, Tsakos\u2019 mother and widow broke down crying over his casket.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Bill de Blasio referred to Anastasios Tsakos as \u201ca Greek hero for our time.\u201d<\/figcaption>
Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tsakos, 43, was directing traffic on the Long Island Expressway after an earlier car accident when police said he was struck and killed by a 2013 Volkswagen driven by Jessica Beauvais, who allegedly admitted she was driving drunk.<\/p>\n

Beauvais, 32, faces 13 charges, including manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated, and is being held without bail. <\/p>\n

Among the dignitaries who spoke at the slain cop\u2019s funeral was Mayor Bill de Blasio, who called the fallen officer \u201ca Greek hero for our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all mourning right now,\u201d de Blasio said. \u201cWe\u2019re all in pain right now. It does not make sense that such a good man in every way could possibly be gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Irene Tsakos said her children \u201cwill never forget [their dad]. I will make sure of that.\u201d<\/figcaption>
Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe family is mourning someone they loved with all their hearts,\u201d he said. \u201cThe NYPD is mourning a fallen brother. The city is mourning a lost guardian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archbishop Elpidophoros, of the Greek Orthodox Church of America, heralded Tsakos\u2019 service to the city \u2014 at one point drawing a round of applause after referring to the NYPD as the world\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no justice on this Earth that can bring him back to us,\u201d the archbishop said. \u201cOfficer Tsakos looks down today from heaven, looks down on all of you. In your tears, in your pain, in your righteous anger and your deepest sorrow, Tsakos is present.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A mourner holds a Thin Blue Line flag during the funeral procession.<\/figcaption>
Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thousands of police officers were present for the funeral procession, coming from as far away as Fairfax, Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time that we lose a police officer, a firefighter, or a fire officer, it\u2019s important that we show our solidarity with our brothers and sisters,\u201d said Jake Lemondo, president of the New York City Fire Officers Association. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that will ever bring him back, but at least his family will know that he will never be forgotten by those who serve side by side.\u201d <\/p>\n

An eyewitness to Tsakos\u2019 death told The Post last week that Tsakos was thrown into the air and hurled more than 100 feet away, as prosecutors alleged Beauvais hit the cop at a high rate of speed.<\/p>\n

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Police officers from as far away as Fairfax, Virginia, came to honor their fallen colleague.<\/figcaption>
Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Truck driver Dan Miller said the impact was so violent that Tsakos\u2019 leg was severed and both of his patrol boots were blown off his feet.<\/p>\n

The cop was remembered by his brother, Teddy, as \u201can amazing guy\u201d after the deadly incident. <\/p>\n

Tsakos, who was assigned to the department\u2019s highway unit, leaves behind his wife and two young children.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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