Steve Buscemi returned to firefighting after 9/11 and backed a charity for his former colleagues; by 2024, it was delivering over 4,200 counselling sessions a year to firefighters and families
- Steve Buscemi worked as a full-time New York City firefighter before starting his acting career.
- Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi had left the New York City Fire Department to pursue acting, but the September 11, 2001, attacks brought him back to the fire service.
- The next morning, he returned to Ground Zero, where he joined firefighters searching through the rubble of the World Trade Center.
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- Steve Buscemi worked as a full-time New York City firefighter before starting his acting career.
- Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi had left the New York City Fire Department to pursue acting, but the September 11, 2001, attacks brought him back to the fire service.
- The next morning, he returned to Ground Zero, where he joined firefighters searching through the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Sources: Times of India