As Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez readied for Sunday’s divisional playoff game against the San Diego Chargers two hours away, his father and the men who shaped him prepared to help out in the wake of one of the greatest natural disasters in memory.
Station 6, one of 28 urban search and rescue teams in the United States, is a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency task force. In 2005, the unit was deployed to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina struck.
As of Saturday night, Nick Sanchez and the rest of the Station 6 firefighters were still awaiting word whether to fly to Haiti, unfazed by perhaps missing the biggest game of Mark Sanchez’s life.
“This is what we do,” Nick Sanchez, 61, said. “If you ask Mark, he’ll tell you where we should go. And he won’t hesitate.”
The bright lights shining on the Jets’ rookie quarterback haven’t blinded him. The No. 6 across his chest and back serves as a daily reminder of the people who guided him.
“We know what ‘6’ means to us,” said Jim Silva, the Station 6 firetruck driver, who has known Mark since he was a baby. “Probably nobody else understands. But it makes you really proud.”
http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2010/01/ny_jets_quarterback_mark_sanch_17.htmlIt's a feel good story about a kid and his Dad.
Dad is going to Haiti and his rookie QB son is playing in the biggest game of his life on national television at 4:15 eastern in Sandy Eggo.
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