The casket of Paul J. Cahill was wrapped in an American flag on top of Engine 30 as the truck rolled slowly down Centre Street in West Roxbury, past a line of thousands of firefighters from around the country in crisp dress uniforms.
The line was a dozen firefighters deep in places and stretched for some 10 blocks, from Holy Name Church, past the burnt shell of the Tai Ho Mandarin and Cantonese Restaurant, where Cahill and Warren J. Payne became the first Boston firefighters to die in a fire since 1994.
The sea of blue ran all the way back to the firehouse on Centre Street, the station where Cahill and Payne worked, where the driveway has been covered by flowers.
More than 1,500 people attended Cahill's funeral.
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