"Saturday Night Live's" Colin Jost wrote a chapter about his mother, Kerry Kelly, in his memoir. He mentioned that September 11, 2001, was the first day of his sophomore year at Harvard University, and his mother was attempting to save lives while the nation was watching the 9/11 attack unfold. He added that she tried to save the first man who died from the terrorist attack, and she survived both towers collapsing.
The former chief medical officer admitted that she doesn't remember when she first talked to her son after the incident happened. "I think I depended on family members to tell each other I was okay," she said in a Q1043 New York interview in April 2021. She mentioned that she does remember when she went to Harvard to visit Jost to give him a hug, and to teach him — as well as herself — that there was a "life outside of 9/11."
Unfortunately, Jost's future SNL cast member at the time, Pete Davidson, lost his father during the attack. He was reportedly running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, trying to save people, when the building collapsed. The comedian was only seven years old. Davidson has since been learning how to cope with the loss of his father, and he tattooed his father's badge number on his arm.
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