... caroming from one curb to the other in search of the biggest fire (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/04/autopsies_find_alcohol_some_cocaine_2_officials_sa y/)in town. "Let's go fight that m***f**** fire!"



One of two Boston firefighters who died fighting a fire in a Chinese restaurant in late August was legally intoxicated at the time, and the other had cocaine in his system, two officials said yesterday.

A source who was briefed by a person with knowledge of the autopsies of Paul J. Cahill and Warren J. Payne told the Globe that one firefighter had a blood-alcohol level higher than .08, the level at which someone is too drunk to drive legally in Massachusetts. The other firefighter had traces of cocaine in his system, the source said.
A government official briefed on the findings of the state medical examiner's office said Cahill registered a blood-alcohol level of .27 in the autopsy, which would have placed him at more than three times the legal limit, while Payne had cocaine in his system. ...

... Yesterday afternoon, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Merita Hopkins barred WHDH-TV (Channel 7) from reporting on findings from the autopsies, saying autopsy results are exempt from disclosure under state public records law and can only be released with permission from next of kin. The station informed Hopkins that it would appeal the ruling to a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court today, the judge's clerk said.
The Boston firefighters' union sought the injunction from the judge after learning yesterday morning that the television station intended to report on the autopsy findings.


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... caroming from one curb to the other in search of the biggest fire (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/04/autopsies_find_alcohol_some_cocaine_2_officials_sa y/)in town. "Let's go fight that m***f**** fire!"



One of two Boston firefighters who died fighting a fire in a Chinese restaurant in late August was legally intoxicated at the time, and the other had cocaine in his system, two officials said yesterday.

A source who was briefed by a person with knowledge of the autopsies of Paul J. Cahill and Warren J. Payne told the Globe that one firefighter had a blood-alcohol level higher than .08, the level at which someone is too drunk to drive legally in Massachusetts. The other firefighter had traces of cocaine in his system, the source said.
A government official briefed on the findings of the state medical examiner's office said Cahill registered a blood-alcohol level of .27 in the autopsy, which would have placed him at more than three times the legal limit, while Payne had cocaine in his system. ...

... Yesterday afternoon, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Merita Hopkins barred WHDH-TV (Channel 7) from reporting on findings from the autopsies, saying autopsy results are exempt from disclosure under state public records law and can only be released with permission from next of kin. The station informed Hopkins that it would appeal the ruling to a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court today, the judge's clerk said.
The Boston firefighters' union sought the injunction from the judge after learning yesterday morning that the television station intended to report on the autopsy findings.


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Let me get this straight. The TV station can not report the story, but the Globe can? Does that judge, by chance, own stock in the paper?

Haha... Well it is Boston after all and Cahill is in Irish name... :thumbs:

More proof of them having too much time on their hands and being paid way too much money.

The Boston firefighters' union sought the injunction from the judge after learning yesterday morning that the television station intended to report on the autopsy findings.
There's a shocker. I guess that's nothing short of another union "perk". I mean, with press like that, how are they gonna bloat their budget next year???

Lemme guess - the taxpayers should foot the bill for these degenerates, but they're on 'a need to know' basis when it comes to job performance, right? Yeah....that's real fair, for sure.

If he can afford to do coke in his spare time, he's getting paid too much... Fuckin' $100 a gram!! :eek:

Tell me about it.

There's a shocker. I guess that's nothing short of another union "perk". I mean, with press like that, how are they gonna bloat their budget next year???

Lemme guess - the taxpayers should foot the bill for these degenerates, but they're on 'a need to know' basis when it comes to job performance, right? Yeah....that's real fair, for sure.
Yeah that nicely sums up my response as I was reading it.

Yes I feel for the families that this would be made public. BUT they are being paid by the public and performing a public service. Therefore we own their ass when they are on our time. It is always the laziest and most screwed up that the unions protect. If you do your job and keep your nose clean (pun intended) all they do is take your money.

The movie Turk182 comes to mind when I read this