Bernard Kerik, NYPD Commissioner During 9/11 Attacks, Dies at 69

FBI Director Kash Patel stated that Bernard Kerik had died after ‘a private battle with illness.’

Bernard Kerik in Manheim, Pa. on Oct. 29, 2022. William Huang/The Epoch Times

Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner who was hailed as a hero after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has died at 69, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).

The department mourned his passing in a social media post on Thursday.