A former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired to become a New York City police officer was killed in a vehicular crash on his way to serve in an event commemorating 9/11.
Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 2010 to 2015 who retired to become a New York City police officer, was killed in a vehicular crash on Sunday. He was 37. Varvaro had been on his way to serve in an event commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks when he was involved in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver, police said.
Following his baseball career, which saw him pitch for the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox, Varvaro immediately began training as an officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He was assigned to the World Trade Center Command after completing his training and later returned to Port Authority’s police academy to work as an instructor.