FDNY firefighter cheered on by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson dies of rare cancer

FDNY Firefighter Matthew McDevitt, a Queens smokeater who was stricken by a rare cancer — and was encouraged by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to keep fighting — died Tuesday after a long battle with the disease. He was 31.

McDevitt was a member of Ladder Company 135 in Ridgewood, Queens, in 2017 when...