Wake today for Port Authority Police Officer Anthony Varvaro, killed by wrong-way driver heading to 9/11 ceremony

NEW YORK — A wake will be held Tuesday for the Port Authority police officer killed on his way to Sunday’s 9/11 ceremony in Lower Manhattan.

Investigators say 37-year-old Anthony Varvaro, a Jersey City resident and former Major League Baseball player, was heading east on the New Jersey Turnpike Extension around 4:30 a.m. when another driver heading the wrong way struck him head on.

Varvaro and the other driver both died.

He is survived by a wife and four children.

Tuesday’s wake is set for 4 p.m. at Matthew Funeral Home And Cremation Services on Staten Island.

The wake continues Wednesday, followed by a funeral Thursday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.

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