Firefighter Robert King Jr.
Engine 33

Laid to Rest
on February 2, 2002

Robert King Jr. A Million-Dollar Smile And a Gift for Woodwork January 31, 2002 A long, wooden trestle table sits in the dining room of Engine Co. 33 on Great Jones Street in Lower Manhattan. The tablecloth that before Sept. 11 covered the FDNY logo on its surface is gone, the insignia proudly displayed for all to see. Big enough to seat 25 firefighters, the table is the handiwork of Robert King Jr., a nine-year firefighter and woodworker who died in the line of duty during the terrorist attacks. The table, the bunk beds he made for his three small children and the handworked cabinets that furnish his home in Bellerose Terrace stand as a sturdy memorial to the soft-spoken man everyone called "Smiling Bobby King." King, 36, had the kind of grin that let you know he was happy with his lot in life. "His smile was just worth a million dollars," said his mother, Audrey King of Lecanto, Fla.

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