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Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Stephen Siller's Family to Retrace 9/11 Run as 21-Foot Steel Tour Ends
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 10

Stephen Siller's Family to Retrace 9/11 Run as 21-Foot Steel Tour Ends

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10

Summary

  • Frank Siller and relatives will privately retrace Stephen Siller's route through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel before joining hundreds of supporters at FDNY Ten House for the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
  • 60 pounds of gear marked Stephen Siller's final run on Sept. 11, 2001, after the tunnel was closed and the off-duty firefighter continued on foot toward the Twin Towers, where he died saving others.
  • The walk will close Tunnel to Towers' "Steel Across America" tour, which has traveled since May carrying Siller's story and a 21-foot beam from the South Tower nationwide.
  • Since its founding, the charity says it has provided more than 1,700 mortgage-free homes and aided over 20,000 homeless veterans; this year it also launched a 343 Homes Initiative honoring the 343 firefighters killed on 9/11.

Insights

As the 25th anniversary arrives, how does a family find closure when their hero's remains were never recovered from Ground Zero?
With 343 new homes pledged, is private charity quietly filling a massive void left by inadequate institutional support for our injured heroes?
What happens to a nation's collective memory when the physical artifacts of its darkest day finally stop touring the country?