Thursday, 4:30 PM
Opinions differ on leaking of firefighters' autopsies
(Boston Fire Department/Globe file)
Paul J. Cahill (left) and Warren J. Payne died in a blaze at the Tai Ho Mandarin and Cantonese Restaurant on Aug. 29.
By Globe Staff
Boston talk radio is crackling this morning with people calling in to voice their opinions on the reports that alcohol and cocaine were found in autopsies of two Boston firefighters.
"These guys are extraordinary gentlemen and they don't deserve this," said Steve, a caller on Tom Finneran's WRKO-AM show.
But on WTTK-FM, host Michael Graham fielded a call from Susan, who said, "I don't believe the ones who passed away were heroes." She said she had been a firefighter's wife and alcohol and drug abuse were problems on the force.
Lance, a Boston police officer who called into WEEI-AM, said, "I hope this doesn't affect the money that goes to the families ... Their families deserve what's coming to them. (The firefighters) have already paid for it with their lives. Don't make their families pay for it."
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