Pete Davidson’s younger sister wrote a touching tribute to her late father, a firefighter killed in the September 11 attacks, on the 21st anniversary of the horrific day.
“This year, more than ever, I wish you could be here,” Casey Davidson, 25, wrote in an Instagram post. “We miss you, we celebrate you and we remember you every day. Proud to be your Caseygirl.”
Casey Davidson was just three years old while her brother, the comedian and actor, was seven when their father Scott Davidson died responding to the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers.
Casey Davidson and her father Scott Davidson are pictured together in a throwback photo. Casey Davison Instagram
Scott Davidson, 33, and five other Brooklyn Heights firefighters from Ladder Company 118 raced across the Brooklyn Bridge toward the burning skyscrapers.
The six fire-eaters were last seen running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center hotel to rescue terrified guests. The hotel was destroyed when the towers collapsed.
According to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Staten Island’s father’s lifelong dream was to be a firefighter.
An obituary for him on the website states that his “heroic deeds come as no surprise.”
“He was a courageous and fearless man and a devout patriot,” it says.
According to the obituary, Pete and Casey Davidson were the most important things to the Staten Island father.
“He was very proud of her, and he was happiest when he was training her, having a catch, or watching a dance performance,” it says. “He coached his son Peter in football and baseball, and his daughter Casey was definitely a ‘daddy’s girl.’ He loved his children more than anything.”
Casey Davidson graduated from Pace University and Lennox Hill Hospital’s Physician Assistant Program last month.
While Pete Davidson – who became the youngest member of the “Saturday Night Live” cast – is not on social media, he has often praised and honored his father’s memory.
The 28-year-old Staten Island star, known for his many tattoos, got his father’s FDNY identification number as his first tattoo.
Scott Davidson responded to the 9/11 attacks with his fellow firefighters at Ladder Company 118 in Brooklyn Heights.Instagram
Last year, Pete Davidson and his colleague Jon Stewart hosted a comedy benefit at Madison Square Garden to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Proceeds from the show went to various 9/11 charities.
Pete Davidson, who is reportedly modeled on his late father’s humor, also co-wrote and starred in The King of Staten Island, which in a not-too-subtle tribute follows the life of an aspiring tattoo artist struggling with his father’s death has to fight .
The comedian has been in the news recently for his split from Kim Kardashian and announcing in May that he is leaving SNL after eight years on the show.