Thousands of people flooded St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Friday to pay their final respects to “America’s Cop” Bernie Kerik , remembering him as a hero who “took command” on 9/11.

The former NYPD commissioner was eulogized by his son, Joey Kerik, as a steadfast family man even during his high-profile career leading the city’s police department through the terror attacks.

“He was raw, real, everything you’d want in a dad,” Joey said, speaking to pews packed with the Big Apple’s top leaders. 4

“As a man in the limelight, there’s nothing he loved more than his children,” Joey said.

But Kerik also put “his whole heart” into his demanding job, facing the struggles of his role head-on both during Sept. 11, 2001, and in post-terror attack New York City, the son said.

“He

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