a Facebook page for Detroit firefighters. “Maybe it’s a small sign of their disdain for the men and women who actually do the job.”

About 100 people sound off under that post and 145 clicked "like." 

McGarry, 45, died unexpectedly at home Oct. 14. He joined the Detroit Fire Department in March 1992 and worked at Ladder Company 21 on the west side.

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