Rocker Bruce Springsteen may have been born to run, but his son, Sam Springsteen, was born to save lives. On Jan. 15, the younger Springsteen was sworn in as a Jersey City, New Jersey, firefighter.

An earlier version of this story was published in August 2025. It’s a Jersey Shore rule: Anything Bruce Springsteen does, no matter how ordinary, is newsworthy. Springsteen and the E Street Band ...