The Toronto Sun
A Nova Scotia police officer who helped sift through the wreckage of the World Trade towers in New York will return to the city for his movie debut.
Const. Jamie Symington was invited to the territory’s premiere of K-19: The Widowmaker by the film’s star, Harrison Ford, according to a release issued yesterday by Symington’s wife.
Symington, 36, acted as Ford’s on-screen photo double for the film, which was shot in Halifax last year.
The offer was made to recognize Symington’s efforts to help find survivors in the rubble after he went to the scene from Halifax last September, the release says, referring to Symington as a “World Trade Center hero.”
Symington took his search-dog, Trakr, to ground zero, where he claims he found one of the only people to make it out of the debris alive.
The officer was on stress leave from the Halifax police force at the time and is involved in an internal dispute with his bosses over the matter.
The Nova Scotia Police Review Board is reviewing his case and he might face disciplinary action.
Halifax Regional Police suspended Symington on Sept. 24, 2001, for going to New York while he was on leave. He remains suspended until the outcome of a police commission hearing into his conduct. A date has not yet been set.