9/11 Remembered: In-Person Reading Of The Names Goes Forward With Help From Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation
The September 11 Memorial and Museum canceled the event over safety concerns, but Tunnel to Towers stepped in.
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The September 11 Memorial and Museum canceled the event over safety concerns, but Tunnel to Towers stepped in.
"This will be the first year my husband and I won't be going to the memorial," said Tracy Gazzani, who lost her son on 9/11.
Tunnel to Towers raised money and delivered more than 1 million face masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment to health care workers and first responders.
Frank Siller and his family founded the nonprofit Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation after his brother, Stephen, an off-duty New York City firefighter, was killed while responding to the World Trade Center on 9/11.
This week, New York City and the nation will mark 18 years since the September 11th terror attacks. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation was born out of that tragedy.
The Tunnel to Towers run, honoring Stephen Siller and all of the first responders lost on 9/11, will be held Sunday morning.
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The 15th annual Tunnel to Towers run and walk will be held on Sunday. It's a tribute to firefighter Stephen Siller who was killed on 9/11.
The event was organized by the two foundations formed after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The foundation raised more than $800,000 needed to fully pay off the mortgages of NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, who were shot and killed in the line of duty on Dec. 20 in Brooklyn.
CBS2's Andrea Grymes and Diane Macedo sat down with the foundation's co-founder and chairman, Frank Siller.
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced Friday that it will be paying the mortgages in full for the families of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation will be taking over the mortgage payments on the both of homes of the two NYPD officers who were ambushed and killed Saturday in Brooklyn.
Frank Siller, who heads the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, said the "smart homes" are going to veterans who have suffered catastrophic wounds.
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Hurricane relief wasn't the original goal for a foundation founded in the wake of 9/11. But just as things changed on 9/11, life shifted gears once again last October for Frank Siller, chairman of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
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Most people probably know the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation for its 9/11-related charities, but superstorm Sandy has them extending their efforts.
Getting food, water and clothing to those struck by Sandy in Staten Island was the top priority Saturday. The damage in some areas were beyond belief.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation in the first hour after the relief effort was announced.
Siller ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel in all his gear because bridges and tunnels were shut down to vehicles in the hours and days following the terror attacks.
It's a 5k race with the finish line at the World Trade Center site. It started ten years ago with 2,000 people as a small tribute to Stephen Siller.
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