New York Daily News

Finest journey, best of causes

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NYPD TOP COP James O’Neill hopped on a bike and pedaled into the Holland Tunnel on Wednesday as part of a four-day cycle trip honoring fallen police officers.

O’Neill (right) and some 250 officers set off from the World Trade Center memorial for the Police Unity Tour.

The police commission­er, though, planned to ride just the first leg, ending on the New Jersey side of the tunnel, of the more than 200-mile trip to the National Law Enforcemen­t Officers Memorial in Washington.

“We’re here for the people killed in the line of duty and we’re here for their families, too,” O’Neill said.

The bike tour has twin goals — to raise awareness of fallen cops as well as money for the memorial in Washington, which receives no public funding.

The memorial features the names of more than 21,000 law enforcemen­t officers nationwide who died in the line of duty.

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