A NYC firehouse was 1st to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on staff0

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• September 9, 2026

NEW YORK — Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small Manhattan firehouse just across an intersection from the twin towers. He rushed