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Pete Davidson Reflects on 9/11 as a New Father

Becoming the same age his firefighter father was when he died has intensified his grief and shaped how he plans to remember him.

Overview

  • Davidson said this year feels harder because he is 33, the same age his father Scott Matthew Davidson was when he died at the World Trade Center.
  • He welcomed daughter Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson in December and says parenthood has made him reconsider how to explain his father’s death to her.
  • Davidson has not settled on a plan for that conversation but expects to share old videos, pictures and stories about his father.
  • He has previously said he learned of his father’s death from a television broadcast and that the family did not know his status for weeks.
  • Davidson will join Jon Stewart at the Madison Square Garden benefit on September 10 to raise money for organizations supporting first responders and their families, part of 25th‑anniversary remembrance efforts.