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Hundreds of firefighters from around the country came to honor Tomasz Kaczowka at his funeral in Rochester, NY on Monday, December 31, 2012. Kaczowka, 19, was one of two firefighters who was shot and killed while responding to a fire on Christmas Eve by William Spengler in Webster, NY.