Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk returns to honor fallen 9/11 heroes
The 2025 Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk is on Sunday, when thousands of people will retrace the route that fallen FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller ran on 9/11.
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The 2025 Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk is on Sunday, when thousands of people will retrace the route that fallen FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller ran on 9/11.
Tens of thousands of runners will retrace the final steps of fallen FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller on Sept. 11, 2001.
Thousands participated in the 23rd Annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk in New York City on Sunday.
Thousands of people are going from Brooklyn to Manhattan to honor 9/11 heroes. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
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The event retraces Firefighter Stephen Siller's final footsteps on 9/11, from the foot of the Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers.
Some ran, some walked, but they were all united by a common purpose -- remembering the heroism and lives lost.
For the past 17 years, hundreds of thousands of people have run in the footsteps of Stephen Siller, an American hero. His story is one of legend.
The Tunnel to Towers run, honoring Stephen Siller and all of the first responders lost on 9/11, will be held Sunday morning.
The 15th annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25.
An estimated 25,000 people honored the memory Sunday of a New York City firefighter who gave his life on Sept. 11, 2001, by participating in the 13th annual Tunnel To Towers 5K Run and Walk through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
The run follows the footsteps of firefighter Stephen Siller. On Sept. 11, 2001, Siller abandoned his truck and ran through the tunnel with all his gear toward the World Trade Center.
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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.
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Thousands of runners retraced the steps of hero firefighter Stephen Siller during the annual Tunnel to Towers Run Sunday morning.
As the clouds continue to cover the Tri-State region, residents may want to keep an umbrella handy on Sunday.
Russell Siller, brother of fallen firefighter Stephen Siller, stops by CBS 2 to talk about Sunday's Tunnel To Towers Run.
Most of the heavy rain that hit the Tri-State on Friday has moved off short, but there's still a chance to see a shower at any point on Saturday.
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.
On Thursday more than 30 injured Marines arrived in New York City for this weekend's Tunnel To Towers Run. They're here to honor the memory of Firefighter Stephen Siller, and to join the thousands who will be re-tracing his steps.
This is the ninth year of the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Run. What started in 2002 with 2,500 runners has grown to close to 20,000 runners in 2010.
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