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Funeral for FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson: See photos

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  • The casket carrying FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson is carried on a fire truck after being walked from St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Michael Davidson's casket is carried out of St. Patrick's Cathedral after his funeral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson's family, including his wife, Eileen, center, and his daughters, Emily, 3, and Amy, 1, exit St. Patrick's Cathedral after his funeral mass on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Eileen Davidson, wife of FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson, holds a helmet given to her family after her husband's funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Eileen Davidson, wife of fallen firefighter Michael Davidson, and other family members leave the church following the service at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Thousands of firefighters paid their respects to fallen firefighter Michael Davidson on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Firefighter Michael Davidson's casket is carried on an FDNY truck to St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • The casket carrying FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson, who was killed in the line of duty while battling a Harlem blaze, is walked into St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • The casket is walked into St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • The casket carrying the body of FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral atop his company's fire engine for his funeral mass on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Family and friends of firefighter Michael Davidson arrive at his funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Members of the FDNY salute as the casket carrying the remains of firefighter Michael Davidson arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral for his funeral mass on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Cardinal Timothy Dolan started the funeral proceedings for the FDNY's Michael R. Davidson at St. Patrick's Cathedral shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Firemen and mourners arrive for the funeral for fireman Michael Davidson at St. Patrick's Cathedral Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Firemen and mourners arrive for the funeral for fireman Michael Davidson at St. Patrick's Cathedral Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • An electronic message board projects fallen firefighter Michael Davidson's picture outside the St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday, ahead of his funeral.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Members of the FDNY arrive at St. Patrick's Cathedral for firefighter Michael Davidson's funeral mass on Tuesday.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Eileen, wife of fallen FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson, leaves Daulton Funeral Home on Tuesday in Floral Park.
    Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp
  • The casket holding the body of fallen FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson leaves Daulton Funeral Home on Tuesday in Floral Park.
    Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp
  • The casket holding the body of fallen FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson leaves Daulton Funeral Home on Tuesday in Floral Park.
    Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp

Family members, friends and firefighters gathered Tuesday to say a final farewell to fallen firefighter Michael Davidson.

Davidson, who died on Thursday after battling a fire in Harlem, was memorialized during a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

“Now this whole city knows that Lt. Michael Davidson was a hero of the highest order,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the service, using Davidson’s posthumously promoted rank.

Scroll down for scenes from the funeral and more.

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