Fallen Finest Jonathan Diller is being honored through a scholarship, with its first fundraiser set for Wednesday, eight months after he was killed approaching two criminals in a parked car in Queens.
The new Detective Jonathan Diller Scholarship Fund will benefit students at the “American hero’s” high-School alma mater, St. Mary’s in Manhasset, LI, who exhibit the fallen NYPD cop’s same academic rigor and athleticism and have aspirations for a career in public safety, organizers said.
“I consider him some sort of an American hero. He made the ultimate sacrifice for the country, and he’s not going to be forgotten by the NYPD or St. Mary’s family. We made sure of that,” said Patrick Welsh, the school’s athletic director, Diller’s former teacher and an ex-cop, to The Post.
Diller’s widow, Stephanie, burst into tears when she learned of the effort , a supporter said.
