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.

The retired actor — currently battling frontotemporal dementia — was seen in a rare video speaking with LA wildfire first responders.

If that doesn’t warm your heart, I don’t know what will.

Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming Willis, took a rare public step Thursday to go out and thank first responders battling the wildfires in L.A. that have destroyed entire neighborhoods across the city.

Bruce Willis retired from acting in 2022 and was then diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. He's rarely been seen in public since then.

In a recent Instagram post shared by his wife, Emma Heming Willis, Bruce Willis speaks with Los Angeles Police officers and shakes their hands.

Bruce Willis' family announced he would step away from acting in 2022; the actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2023

In what’s believed to be his first public sighting since retiring from acting, Bruce Willis made sure to thank first responders battling the blazes in Los Angeles.

Bruce Willis made a rare public appearance to thank LA firefighters, as shown in a video shared by his wife, Emma. Diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2022, Bruce's family, including ex-wife Demi Moore and their children,

Bruce Willis made a rare outing, taking time to thank first responders.

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.