battlefields of afghanistan, and to his family. nbc s harry smith has the story of one final salute. reporter: the streets of midtown manhattan came to a standstill for the funeral of new york police detective joseph lemm. along fifth safe near st. patrick s cathedral, a sea of blue stood in silent tribute for a cop his colleagues called superman. lemm was on patrol with five other americans in afghanistan when they were attacked by a suicide bomber december 21st. it was lemm s third deployment to afghanistan with the air national guard. yes, he was a cop and a reservist. for whom duty meant everything. two years ago, local news cameras were there when he surprised his family at a restaurant coming home early after his second long deployment. lemm was a big country kid from nebraska, who thrived as a cop in some of the roughest sections of the brongz. his little boy, ryan idolized
battlefields of afghanistan, and to his family. nbc s harry smith has the story of one final salute. reporter: the streets of midtown manhattan came to a standstill for the funeral of new york police detective joseph lemm. along fifth safe near st. patrick s cathedral, a sea of blue stood in silent tribute for a cop his colleagues called superman. lemm was on patrol with five other americans in afghanistan when they were attacked by a suicide bomber december 21st. it was lemm s third deployment to afghanistan with the air national guard. yes, he was a cop and a reservist. for whom duty meant everything. two years ago, local news cameras were there when he surprised his family at a restaurant coming home early after his second long deployment. lemm was a big country kid from nebraska, who thrived as a cop in some of the roughest sections