A New York City firefighter, Sal Argano, is the last member of his station still on staff 25 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, when a nearby firehouse was among the first to respond. Argano’s station is located across from the World Trade Center site.
In the years since, the firehouse has become a prominent stop for people visiting the attack site and learning about the response to the attacks. The Independent and Yahoo News both highlight the station’s early role on 9/11 and focus on the significance of Argano remaining employed at the department long after the other first responders from that time have left the force.
Both outlets place the story in the broader context of the 9/11 response and ongoing public remembrance at the World Trade Center. They do not dispute the core details: the firehouse’s first-response status, the 25-year milestone, Argano’s continued employment, and the scale of the attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
