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Sep 10, 2023 · Before he became a famous actor, Steve Buscemi was a firefighter in Manhattan, and he donned his old gear on September 12, 2001 to help emergency responders dig through the rubble of the Twin Towers.
Buscemi was a firefighter from 1980 to 1984, with the New York City Fire Department's Engine Company No. 55, in Little Italy, Manhattan, while secretly taking acting classes and dabbling in stand-up on the side.
Jun 15, 2020 · Buscemi was a working firefighter for four years in New York. Like a lot of actors, Buscemi had a day job back when he first took aim at the theater. Unlike a lot of actors — who worked as waiters, bartenders, and so on — Buscemi had qualified as a New York City fireman.
Sep 11, 2023 · Buscemi, now 65, had taken the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) civil service test when he was 18 and used to work as a FDNY firefighter in downtown Manhattan in the 1980s. He...
Sep 9, 2021 · Actor and former firefighter Steve Buscemi discusses the enduring physical and mental toll of 9/11 on first responders 20 years later.
Mar 23, 2024 · But none of that mattered when the 9/11 attacks took place, plunging New York into a national tragedy. At eighteen years old, Buscemi took the Fire Department of the City of New York Civil Service Test, and spent the ’80s working as a firefighter in Manhattan station, Engine Co. 55.
Sep 9, 2016 · In 1980 Steve Buscemi became a New York City Firefighter. For four years, Buscemi served on one of FDNY's busiest, Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan's Little Italy.
Jun 13, 2020 · Former firefighter Steve Buscemi is 'so proud' of The King of Staten Island. Buscemi, who served as a firefighter before his acting career, says it was a "privilege" to return to...
Sep 10, 2021 · The Golden Globe and Emmy winner wrote an op-ed for Time, reflecting on his time volunteering as a firefighter after the terrorist attack. The 63-year-old star begins by sharing how before he ...
Sep 11, 2021 · But in the 1980s, he was a firefighter with Manhattan's Engine 55 — a job that resulted in him stepping up after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to help New York's Fire...