It was a bittersweet sound. They paid tribute to john kotfila jr. Im proud t to call him a hero. But a lilike of men and women in the room, he was not defined by one moment in time. Reporter master Deputy Gary Herman thought of him as a son and said the man who put his patrol car between a wrongway driver and another motorist saturday morning was always ready to help others. And that is what made him a true hero. Not because of how he died, but because of how he lived. Reporter he comes from a family of cops in california and police from that state showed up in droves for his funeral. His mother and father sat quietly next to his casket while his sister said goodbye. Down here on earth, but gained another one up in heaven. Reporter this family lost a sun, but gained the gratitude of a community and the respect sworn to serve. It was in his dna. That is why he became a cop. Reporter it is in his family dna in fact. The deputy comes from a long line of Law Enforcement officers back in ma
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