A city firefighter who died fighting a blaze at a Brooklyn apartment building was posthumously promoted to lieutenant Saturday as scores of mourners paid tribute to the beloved Rockaway joker and shark lover with an unmatched zest for life.

A sea of crisp blue uniforms lined Rockaway Beach Blvd. outside of St. Francis de Sales Church in Queens to remember Firefighter Patrick Brady, everyone’s favorite “roof man” — a key position in the firehouse he held with honor at Ladder Company 120 in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

“There are a lot of Bradys in the Rockaways, but it’s safe to say that Pat was the apex Brady,” his cousin, FDNY Firefighter Peter Brady, explained, trying to encapsulate how much the fallen firefighter meant to those in the packed church. “He had the unique ability to be the

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