Police, friends and family packed Garden City Community Church on Aug. 11 to say their final goodbye to Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher, who died Aug. 4 after a nine-month battle with brain cancer. See photos from the funeral.

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Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher died on Aug. 4, 2021 from brain cancer, an illness linked to the toxic dust and air following the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder stand next to the top brass during the funeral for fallen Police Officer Matthew Perlungher outside Garden City Community Church in Garden City on Aug. 11.

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Nassau County Police salute the service of fallen Police Officer Matthew Perlungher at Garden City Community Church in Garden City on Aug. 11.

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Formation is set and ready to receive their fallen Police Officer Matthew Perlungher at the Garden City Community Church in Garden City on Aug. 11.

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Garden City Community Church was filled for the service for Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher on Aug. 11.

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The Nassau County Emerald Society Pipe Band at the service for fallen Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher outside the Garden City Community Church in Garden City on Aug. 11.

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The procession begins after the service for fallen Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher outside Garden City Community Church in Garden City on Aug. 11.

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Wife Erika and daughter Emma Perlungher watch as the body of Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher is carried from Garden City Community Church on Aug. 11.

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Wife Erika Perlungher and daughter Emma watch a flyover at Garden City Community Church after the funeral service for husband and father Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher on Wednesday.

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Erika Perlungher and daughter Emma Perlungher watch with emotion as a flyover soars near the Garden City Community Church after the service for Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher on Wednesday.

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Police in formation at the funeral for Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher at the Garden City Community Church on Wednesday.

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The Nassau County Emerald Society Pipe Band during the service for fallen Nassau County Police Officer Matthew Perlungher outside Garden City Community Church on Wednesday.

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