Robert Lane was a firefighter and self-taught mechanic who hoped to takea souped-up 1983 Pontiac Grand Prix through its paces at a New Jersey race track in thespring. “It’s a piece of junk as far as I’m concerned,” said his mother, Janet Lane, “but heloved that car.” Her son is among the firefighters missing at the World Trade Center site.Lane had always aspired to be a fireman. He was sworn in to the New York department in 1998,just days before his 26th birthday. Before that he had had a variety of jobs, from school busdriver to chef to bartender. “He did every odd job you could think of,” his mother said. “Hewould just take these jobs and knew it wasn’t going to be forever, because he was getting intothe fire department and that was it.” --The Associated Press

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