By Patrice O’Shaughnessy
The Daily News
![]() Photo/FDNY FDNY member line the streets as the coffin of probationary firefighter Jamel M. Sears moves past. |
NEW YORK — Thousands of cops, firefighters and loved ones stood in the biting cold Tuesday to mourn Jamel Sears for the man he was — and for all he might have been had the probationary firefighter lived to fulfill his dream.
His wife, Sherita, a city cop, didn’t flinch as Sears’ fellow probies carried his coffin into the Bethel Gospel Assembly in Harlem.
Their son, Mahlek, 11, swayed and grimaced when the bagpipes began playing.
Full story: Thousands of cops and firefighters gathered at Jamel Sears’ funeral
