Tragic officer Anthony Varvaro, 37 - a Staten Islander who played primarily for the Atlanta Braves during his six-year MLB career - joined the Port Authority Police Department in 2016 and started at World Trade Center Command, according to the American Police Beat Magazine. RIP my friend and teammate. Thinking of you and the family. Anthony Varvaro. https://t.co/KpPnnq1dfv — Scot Drucker (@ScottyD30) September 11, 2022 The married father of four eventually became an instructor at the department's police academy, the magazine said in February - and on Sunday a Port Authority source told the Post that Varvaro was present during the 21st commemoration. anniversary of the terrorist work of September 11 go. Attacks on the World Trade Center when he was killed. "He was a real treasure," said a Staten Island baseball manager whose team had played against Varvaro's boys. "He had no attitude. You would never know he played in the big leagues," the cop's coach said. The source said the police officer helps the children learn the game in their free time. "He loved coaching and teaching children," said the man. Authorities said Varvaro was killed in a head-on collision near Exit 14-C on a section of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City. The driver of the vehicle that hit him was traveling in the wrong direction at the time, authorities told the New Jersey Daily Voice. In addition to pitching for the Braves, Varvaro also pitched fastballs for the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox, all between 2010 and 2015 before joining the team. "We are deeply saddened by the death of former Braves pitcher Anthony Varvaro," the Braves said in a Twitter post on Sunday. “Anthony, 37, has played six seasons in the majors, four of them with Atlanta. "He voluntarily retired from the MLB in 2016 to become a Port Authority police officer." Read the full article