On Thursday night, New York Fire Department firefighter Frank Sansonetti is set to debut on NBC’s “Titan Games,” hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The series is a sports competition consisting of 10 episodes, with each episode crowning two Titans – one male and one female.
Each week, the reigning Titans will take on new competitors, producing, at the end of the series, an ultimate male and female “Titan.”
At 40, Sansonetti is the oldest male competitor on the show, in a group of elite athletes. He hasn’t honed his athletic build solely for television competitions, however. For more than 15 years, Sansonetti has served as a member of the FDNY, and previously served as a police officer with the NYPD.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Sansonetti was attending the New York Police Academy when terrorists struck the World Trade Center towers. Sansonetti and his fellow cadets rushed to the scene to assist their future fellow officers.