BOSTON — Tears streamed down Iris Hairston’s face as she stood outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the city’s South End Monday morning.
It was just before the funeral procession at 10 a.m. for Bobby Kilduff Jr., a 24-year veteran of the Boston Fire Department and her own career-long “great friend,” who died fighting a fire at a Dorchester home on May 23.
Hairston has worked for the fire department since 2011 and is a fire alarm operator, a dispatcher of its communications and someone who mans the radio systems. In her job, Hairston said, “you get a connection with the guys because you’re trying to keep them safe.”…