20 years since 9/11, Tunnel to Towers CEO Frank Siller completes 537-mile ‘By no means Overlook Stroll’

Frank Siller, the philanthropic brother of a fallen 9/11 first responder, completed his 537-mile journey on Saturday from Washington D.C. to New York Metropolis in honor of the hundreds who misplaced their lives within the assaults 20 years in the past. 

Siller walked by way of six states in six weeks, starting on the Pentagon, the scene of one of many assaults on Sept. 11, 2001, then making his method into Shanksville, Pennsylvania. He book-ended the “By no means Overlook Stroll” on Saturday morning “retracing his brother’s remaining footsteps,” in line with a press launch from the Tunnel to Towers Basis, which Siller and his siblings based in honor of the fallen. 

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Stephen Siller was 34 years outdated and was driving house from his in a single day shift on the morning of Sept. 11 when he heard the information of a airplane that had crashed into the North Tower. He deserted the day’s plans to play golf together with his brothers and as an alternative headed towards the World Commerce Heart. 

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He made it to the doorway of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, however the roadway was closed. As a substitute of driving into decrease Manhattan, he climbed into his roughly 60 kilos of substances and ran there. The married, proud father of 5 finally misplaced his life.   

The 9/11 assaults claimed the lives of two,977 victims, together with 343 FDNY firefighters, 23 members of the NYPD and 37 Port Authority law enforcement officials, and numerous others.

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The Tunnel to Towers Basis has since raised $250 million, and counting, for American heroes.

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