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#NYPD salutes slain cop Anastasios Tsakos as his body heads home

“#NYPD salutes slain cop Anastasios Tsakos as his body heads home”

Slain NYPD officer Anastasios Tsakos was sent off with a salute from hundreds of New York’s Finest on Thursday as his body was transported to his family on Long Island for a funeral service next week.

A phalanx of NYPD motorcycles and squad cars escorted the ambulance as it left the city Medical Examiner’s Office two days after the veteran cop was struck and killed by a drunk driver on the Long Island Expressway while directing traffic.

Slain NYPD officer Anastasios Tsakos's body was taken to his family on Long Island. — Anastasios Tsakos’ body was taken to his family on Long Island.

“Right now, there are two families that are in mourning and suffering,” Inspector Nicole Papamichael, head of the NYPD Highway District, said Thursday. “The Tsakos family — my heart goes out to them — and the NYPD family.

NYPD Highway Officer Anastasio Tsakos. — Anastasios Tsakos was 43 when he was hit and killed by a drunk driver.

NYPD officers embrace after the body left the NYC Medical Examiner's Office. — NYPD officers embrace after Anastasios Tsakos’ body left the NYC Medical Examiner’s Office.

“We’re suffering a tremendous loss, and he can’t be replaced. A wonderful man, a wonderful father, and a wonderful cop. One of the hardest workers I ever met.”

Officers salute a police procession transfering the body of Officer Anastasios Tsakos from the Medical Examiner's Office to a funeral home in Astoria. — Officers stood outside while Anastasios Tsakos’ body was transported to Long Island, with police vehicles escorting the ambulance.

She said Tsakos won more Officer of the Month honors than any other cop in Highway 3.

A police procession transfers the body of Officer Anastasios Tsakos from the Medical Examiner's Office to a funeral home in Astoria. — Anastasios Tsakos was a 14-year veteran of the NYPD before he was killed.

Tsakos’ family said there will be a wake for the cop Monday at Paraskevi Green Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn from 2 to 9 p.m., followed by a funeral at the church at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

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