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This Firefighter Guy Decided Saving People From Fires Wasn’t Enough, So He Became A Friggin’ Inventor!

A Rockaway, N.Y. firefighter, Joe Carolan, got burned in the line of duty saving his buddy’s life and won a medal of valor for it. And then he had a friggin’ genius idea. So he took the prize money, met up with an engineer, you know how you do. They found a fancy American company…

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