Editing Steve Buscemi (section)

===Firefighter===
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 class]]es and dabbling in [[stand-up comedy|stand-up]] on the side. The day after the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York, he returned to his old [[firehouse]] to  volunteer; he worked twelve-hour shifts for a week, digging through rubble to search for missing [[firefighter]]s.<ref name=FHouse>{{cite web |url=http://www.firehouse.com/hotshots/slideshow/2002/0514_gz/photo19.html |title=Ground Zero: Engine 10 and Ladder 10
|publisher=Bushmaster Firearms International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908030635/http://www.firehouse.com/hotshots/slideshow/2002/0514_gz/photo19.html
|archive-date=September 8, 2003 |access-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref> On May 25, 2003, Buscemi was arrested with nineteen other people while protesting the closing of a number of firehouses, including Engine 55.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/closures-spur-fiery-protests-20-arrested-demonstrations-heated-article-1.661835|location=[[New York City]]|work=[[New York Daily News]]|first=Nicole|last=Bode|title=Closures Spur Fiery Protests 20 Arrested As Demonstrations Get Heated|date=May 26, 2003|access-date=May 26, 2003|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028023401/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/closures-spur-fiery-protests-20-arrested-demonstrations-heated-article-1.661835|url-status=live}}</ref> In the middle of 2011, Buscemi joined rallies against the threat of closing eight Brooklyn firehouses during the administration of Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]]. He argued that closing these firehouses "is no way to protect New York."<ref>O'Neill, Natalie and Briquelet, Kate, "Call Him 'Double-Duty' Buscemi", ''Courier Life'', June 3–9, 2011, p.4.</ref>

In 2014, Buscemi starred in and narrated the HBO documentary ''A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY'', in which he revisited his work with fellow firefighters, sharing their stories, including those from [[September 11 attacks|September 11]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY|url=http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/a-good-job-stories-of-the-fdny#/documentaries/a-good-job-stories-of-the-fdny/synopsis.html|work=[[HBO]]|publisher=Home Box Office, Inc. ([[WarnerMedia]])|location=[[New York City]]|access-date=September 12, 2014|archive-date=September 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911135537/http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/a-good-job-stories-of-the-fdny#/documentaries/a-good-job-stories-of-the-fdny/synopsis.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, Buscemi spoke to [[podcast]] host [[Marc Maron]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1260-steve-buscemi | title=Episode 1260 - Steve Buscemi | date=September 9, 2021 }}</ref> about his issues with [[PTSD]], a consequence of the five days he spent volunteering in the aftermath of 9/11. He served as [[executive producer]] of the documentary ''Dust: The Lingering Legacy of 9/11'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dust-doc.com/|title=DUST: The Lingering Legacy of 9/11|website=DUST: The Lingering Legacy of 9/11}}</ref> which discussed the continuing toxic health effects of dust from the collapsed towers that many people, especially firefighters, have experienced.