TROY — Honorary Troy Fire Captain George “Dawg” Boone seldom left the Collar City — and when he did, he was accompanied by his lifetime companions, firefighters.
So when Boone stepped into the ocean for the first time at age 57, Troy firefighters Tommy Blake Jr. and David Judge were close by. The three visited Coney Island.
“It was like 75 degrees and sunny and George was so happy,” Judge, now retired, recalled about the 2020 trip. “He was on his phone calling everybody and he thought he was going to Disney or something.”…