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It's a storyline that could be taken right out of a Hollywood feature, with a world-renowned star going back to his old job to help out in tragic circumstances.

Yesterday's 12th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York saw Steve Buscem role as part of the city’s fire service who played such a strong role that day highlighted on social media.

Some pictures surfaced, but none seemed to confirm that the 55-year-old had returned to his old watch at Engine 55, based in the Little Italy area of Manhattan.

However, on picture has emerged on Facebook of the actor - who has starred in Reservoir Dogs, Armageddon and currently plays a gangster in Sky Atlantic’s Boardwalk Empire - sitting on a fire truck in the days after the attacks on the World Trade Centre.

It seems to show Buscemi - who qualified as a firefighter in 1980 - working alongside others to go through the rubble left by the devastating attacks.

The Brooklyn-born star worked as a firefighter until 1984, making his film debut two years later.

He has often returned to support causes for his old profession - in 2003, he was arrested along with 11 others when protesting against the closure of his old station. In the same year, Buscemi also gave a speech at a union rally calling for higher wages.

Buscemi has played some iconic roles during his career, including Mr Pink in Quentin Tarantino’s debut film Reservoir Dogs, infamous serial killer Garland Greene, the ‘Marietta Mangler’ in Con Air before taking on gangster Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson.