> Buscemi was **stabbed multiple times in April 2001** at the Firebelly Lounge in Wilmington, North Carolina, while shooting the film Domestic Disturbance. He had **intervened in a bar fight** between Vince Vaughn, Scott Rosenberg, and two local men. He was discharged from the hospital after treatment.
> 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. **The day after the September 11 attacks in New York, he returned to his old firehouse to volunteer; he worked 12-hour shifts for a week, digging through rubble to search for missing firefighters.**
Additionally:
>On May 25, 2003, Buscemi was arrested with 19 other people while protesting the closing of a number of firehouses, including Engine 55. 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.”
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Per Wikipedia:
> Buscemi was **stabbed multiple times in April 2001** at the Firebelly Lounge in Wilmington, North Carolina, while shooting the film Domestic Disturbance. He had **intervened in a bar fight** between Vince Vaughn, Scott Rosenberg, and two local men. He was discharged from the hospital after treatment.
> 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. **The day after the September 11 attacks in New York, he returned to his old firehouse to volunteer; he worked 12-hour shifts for a week, digging through rubble to search for missing firefighters.**
Additionally:
>On May 25, 2003, Buscemi was arrested with 19 other people while protesting the closing of a number of firehouses, including Engine 55. 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.”
Standup guy. He’s in his element. 🫡
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