--- title: SNL Star Pete Davidson Remembers His Father Who Died on 9/11 description: Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson remembered his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks, through a humorous tribute canonical: https://time.com/4486897/pete-davidson-father-911-snl/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-11T20:57:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:24.798Z og:title: 'SNL' Star Pete Davidson Remembers His Father Who Died on 9/11 og:description: His father was a firefighter og:url: https://time.com/4486897/pete-davidson-father-911-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fdc6fe30ba6f664/6988a57b5f570f4b84b22785/pete-davidson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: The Comedy Central Roast Of Rob Lowe - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'SNL' Star Pete Davidson Remembers His Father Who Died on 9/11 twitter:description: His father was a firefighter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fdc6fe30ba6f664/6988a57b5f570f4b84b22785/pete-davidson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _SNL_ Star Pete Davidson Remembers His Father Who Died on 9/11 > Sponsored content. 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Davidson, who was 7 when his firefighter father was killed during the [terrorist attacks 15 years ago](http://time.com/4486756/september-11-attacks-911-15th-anniversary/), posted a photo of himself with his dad sipping beer on Instagram on Saturday. “Can’t believe tomorrow is going to be 15 years,” Davidson wrote in the caption. “Missing the legend!!! Thank u for ur kind words and support as always.” On Sunday, Davidson followed up with a photo of his father pouring a beer and a pair of worn black boots. He joked “One of my dads homies gave me his old dirty ass boots from work and a sick photo of him lookin like a young legend !!!” the comedian wrote. “Apparently my dad wore sketchers how f-ckin embarrassing!!” Davidson paid a humorous tribute to his dad last year, too. He later [wrote](http://www.people.com/article/pete-davidson-dad-sept-11-anniversary-twitter) on Twitter, “All jokes aside. There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t think of u. Ur my hero. 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