For decades, Bruce Willis charmed audiences playing tough, heroic cops — from John McClane in Die Hard to John Hartigan in Sin City. But on January 15, as wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County following days of devastation,

The iconic actor, in the midst of a dementia diagnosis, took time to visit first responders battling the Los Angeles wildfires in a rare new video.

Bruce Willis recently made his first public appearance since 2022 after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. In an Instagram post, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, shows the 69-year-old actor, who grew up in Salem County, shaking hands and greeting first responders battling the ongoing California wildfires.

In an Instagram post shared by his wife Emma Heming Willis on Thursday, Willis can be seen shaking hands with a Los Angeles police officer.

Emma Heming shared a clip that featured Bruce Willis, wearing a New York Yankees cap, shaking hands with a police officer

Bruce Willis is making a rare public appearance to thank LA wildfire first responders. In an Instagram video, Willis' wife and businesswoman Emma Heming Willis took to Instagram to share a ...

Actor Bruce Willis, 69, has been photographed on an outing in Studio City, Los Angeles in a rare public appearance following his dementia diagnosis

Bruce Willis has been spotted making a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, where the 69-year-old actor was seen being driven around the San Fernando Valley neighbourhood to survey wildfire damage.