Capt Pete Martin of the NYFD Rescue....gone for too damn long but not forgotten.
On 9/11 I always take out my Mod 71 Winchester 348 and remember Pete had just gotten one and I had had one for years then lost it and replaced with a Browning Mod 71 dEluxe....talked about all the deer I had shot over the years with it...Jim Taylor had a 348 also and shot bunches of deer with his as well...God Bless your family Pete and know you are NOT forogtten here.....Blessings.,.

I posted a note on Pete to the local 9/11 Memorial announcement on Facebook yesterday.

http://home.comcast.net/~johnk454/pics/pete.html

I didn't know Pete, as I joined the group sometime around 2003 or 2004. However, any time I read that post, it makes me think about him and his family that night, not knowing how much their lives would change in just 14 or 15 more hours.

He must have been a good man, for so many good men to think so highly of him. I wish I had known him.

Me too. Just hours later, his life was over. You never know when your time on this Earth will over.

I had the pleasure of meeting him and shooting with him at a couple of earlier NorEasters. He and I actually exchanged emails that night about that very gun.

I will NEVER forget how he ended his last email to me, talking about the fire house and his job...."I LOVE THIS JOB"...those were his last words to me, in caps.

RIP, Pete.

Matt/PA

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I was lucky to spend time with him at the Noreaster and at shows . He was a very nice man . Someone to miss for sure. J.Michael

One of the shows was about the construction of the memorial itself. They have a memorial that wraps around that big hole in the ground, with peoples' names cut through the metal. They filmed some of the pieces being cut at the shop and in one scene of all coincidences they had Pete's wife and family there to see HIS name being cut in the metal.