NEW YORK (PIX11) — The NYPD officer who died as a result of a medical episode in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury on Friday was returned to the U.S. in a dignified transfer on Monday.
Photos captured the emotional moment 46-year-old Maj. Sorffly Davius, of Cambria Heights, was carried off in a casket draped in the American flag by U.S. military members at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Monday morning.
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A solemn dignified transfer is the process of moving the remains of a fallen military member from an aircraft to an awaiting vehicle, as put by Air Force Mortuary Affairs.
Davius was deployed on Feb. 28 to Kuwait in support of Operation Epic Fury and Operation Spartan Shield. The major died on Friday at Camp Buehring as a result of a non-combat medical emergency…