Some heroes wear blue​.

A 46-year-old NYPD chief is being hailed ​for his bravery after ​being caught on camera leaping over a barricade to help take down two alleged terrorists ​who hurled a pair of bombs outside Gracie Mansion.

But the heroic top officer — Assistant Chief ​and married dad of two Aaron Edwards — humbly told The Post on Tuesday that it was all in a day’s work.

“Regardless of rank, regardless of title, regardless of position, you’re a cop first, you’re a cop always — once a cop, always a cop,’’ Edwards said.

“When you see danger, you have that cop in you, you react to it.”​

His wife of 12 years might not always be so sure.

Edwards said that when she saw the footage of him running into harm’s way, she texted him, “Wrong direction, sir!” — although the cop added his spouse is “always supportive’’ because “she knows this is what I love.’’

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​The heart-stopping photo of the officer ​​jumping into action amid ​Saturday’s chaos exploded on social media, racking up millions of views and heaps of praise for his brave actions.

“Some heroes wear capes — Chief Aaron Edwards wears blue,” the NYPD said as it blasted out the ​now-iconic black-and-white image​ Tuesday.

The​ amazing ​photo spurred a wave of gratitude for the ​standout officer — who once told The Post he joined the department in 2003 after being inspired watching Finest respond on 9/11.

Edwards had to postpone a chat with The Post on Tuesday because he was called to the emergency scene of another potential threat near Gracie, where the mayor lives.

This time, Edwards and other officers investigated a suspicious package found in a local park, although it fortunately turned out to be a jar of liquid that was eventually deemed nonhazardous. 

“Hero mode activated — God bless this man and all NYPD! Into danger without pause,” ​a person wrote on X, referring to the photo of Edwards responding to Saturday’s real terror threat.

Another fan posted, “Chief Aaron Edwards deserves a raise and a medal. 

​”When others were running away from danger, he was running toward it — ready to risk everything so others could live. That’s what real courage looks like​.’’

​Someone else wrote, “Thank you Chief Aaron Edwards for helping restore my faith in humanity, and heroism​.’’

Another ​person added​, “Give this man a medal and make this a recruitment ad!”

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch led the praise ​for t​he Finest, saying Edwards and other officers faced a chaotic situation that could have very quickly escalated.

“Assistant Chief Aaron Edwards ran toward a lit IED without hesitation, putting himself between danger and the people around him,” the city’s top cop said Tuesday. “That’s the kind of courage this job demands, and the kind of leadership he brings to this department.

“Chief Edwards is also a loving father, with children who expect him to come home at the end of the day.

“Yet despite the risks, and knowing all that is at stake, he upholds his oath to protect New Yorkers he has never met,’’ Tisch said.

“His actions this weekend reflect the very best of the women and men of the NYPD – officers who understand that safeguarding this city sometimes means placing yourself in harm’s way for complete strangers.”

The snapshot of Edwards that has now become a viral symbol of NYPD bravery was ironically posted online by a photographer whose other images routinely draw praise from lefty fans — including a previously featured image of cops getting nailed by snowballs during a recent melee in a Manhattan park.

“I hope there was a couple rocks in there,’’ someone commented on the cop snowball photo.

The photog’s Instagram page also is filled with snaps of anti-Israeli and other demonstrations.

But the Web only had praise for Edwards, who along with fellow NYPD Sgt. Luis Navarro ran toward​ Saturday’s suspects​, Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19​.

The teens allegedly tossed the IEDs during ​a chaotic anti-Muslim demonstration and counter-protest outside the mayoral residence​.

Edwards c​an be seen in the photo jumping over a police barricade to chase down Balat — even as smoke from one IED was filling the air.

“I gotta say, Sgt. Navarro alerted me first that he saw these two males with something in their hands, and he tapped me, said, ‘What are they doing?’ ” Edwards recalled to The Post.

”And you know, we needed to just started running towards them.

“It was the entire team … the whole NYPD coming together and springing into action,’’ he said.

Edwards,​ a St. Albans, Queens, native who lives with his wife and two sons in Huntington, L​I, was a college student studying biology and planning to go into pharmaceutical sales when terrorists ravaged the Big Apple on Sept. 11, 2001​.

​He was inspired enough by the heroism of the NYPD and others that day to decide to become a cop, he told The Post at his promotion to assistant chief by Commissioner Tisch in December.

“I saw what happened, and I took one of the first tests” afterward for the academy​,’’ he said at the time.

“When everyone was running out [of the Twin Towers], we had our police officers and the other first-responders running in. I thought that was selfless heroism. It just drew me to the profession,” Edwards said. “Since I started, I fell in love with policing.”​

His time in blue has seen him serve the city in every way​, from beat cop to narcotics detective, then in an administrative role during the challenging years of the COVID-19 pandemic and the migrant crisis.

He’s also served in the NYPD Office of Management and Personnel and as executive officer at the ​Seventh Precinct ​on the Lower East Side.

​Edwards, whose mother worked as a police administrative assistant, was promoted to commander of the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Manhattan North in December.

​Tisch said of Edwards and Navarro at a weekend press briefing on the would-be terror attack, “When those devices were ignited in the middle of a crowded protest, officers did not step back​.

“They stepped forward. Acting as police officers do on instinct and training to protect people they did not know and would likely never meet.
​”Moments like that remind us of what policing truly requires​,’’ she said.