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‘Never Forget’: The Story of Pete Davidson’s Father Killed on 9/11

‘HEART OF GOLD’

The ‘Saturday Night Live’ star may have lost his dad, Scott Davidson, on 9/11, when he was 7, but he ‘grew up to have so many of his father’s qualities,’ says a fellow firefighter.

Michael Daly

Special Correspondent

Updated Apr. 07, 2020 4:19PM ET / Published Nov. 13, 2018 4:45AM ET 
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As night fell on Veterans Day, his name shone along with all the other backlit names ringing the memorial pool that marks the footprint of the World Trade Center’s fallen South Tower.

“Scott Matthew Davidson”

Surrounding his name are those of five fellow members of Ladder 118 who died with him. The surviving members of the company remember Davidson as being at at once golden-hearted and brutally honest, saying whatever was on his mind.

Michael Daly

Special Correspondent

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