Bernard “Bernie” Kerik, the city’s police commissioner on 9/11 and a close ally of President Trump, died Thursday at age 69.

Kerik had been commissioner for just one year before he was faced with the biggest terroristic attack ever on U.S. soil on Sept. 11, 2001. He heroically led the NYPD through the devastating rescue and recovery efforts. But later, his career was overshadowed by several scandals, including a guilty plea for federal tax fraud for which he served three years in prison.

Kerik was admitted to the hospital on May 6 after suffering a serious illness, but was expected to recover. His death was announced late Thursday, and tributes to Kerick poured in.

“It was just this afternoon that I stopped by the hospital to see Bernie Kerik, my friend of nearly 30 years, before his pa

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