{"id":318324,"date":"2021-08-08T01:10:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T22:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stephen-sillers-brother-walks-from-pentagon-to-ground-zero-for-9-11\/"},"modified":"2021-08-08T01:10:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T22:10:17","slug":"stephen-sillers-brother-walks-from-pentagon-to-ground-zero-for-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-sillers-brother-walks-from-pentagon-to-ground-zero-for-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"#Stephen Siller&#8217;s brother walks from Pentagon to Ground Zero for 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Stephen Siller&#8217;s brother walks from Pentagon to Ground Zero for 9\/11<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For the past 19 years, Frank Siller has honored his brother, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firehero.org\/fallen-firefighter\/stephen-g-siller\/\">Stephen Siller<\/a>, by retracing the fateful path he took on 9\/11 \u2014 when the 34-year-old FDNY firefighter raced on foot through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and straight to the attacked World Trade Center, where he would ultimately lose his life.<\/p>\n<p>The Stephen Siller <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t2t.org\/get-involved\/start-run-climb\/\">Tunnel to Towers Run &amp; Walk<\/a>, to be held this year on Oct. 10, has become one of the most popular 5K races in the country, with about 30,000 people participating in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>But this year, on the 20th anniversary of the attacks, Frank wanted to do something even more special.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the retired Staten Island entrepreneur set off from Washington, DC \u2014 where one of the planes hit the Pentagon \u2014 to Shanksville, Penn., where another of the hijacked jets crashed into a field. He will eventually walk all the way to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, trekking nearly 540 miles over the course of six weeks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Firefighter Stephen Siller died on Sept. 11, 2001.\" class=\"wp-image-19060262 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Frank-Siller-1-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Frank-Siller-1-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Frank-Siller-1-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Frank-Siller-1-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Frank-Siller-1-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Firefighter Stephen Siller died on Sept. 11, 2001.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1yjZ35qGoDZHsegwatajIRHV4k3TbN-gf\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know how many miles it was and I didn\u2019t care. It could have been 2,000 miles \u2014 it wouldn\u2019t have made a difference. It was just the right thing to do,\u201d said Siller, who is CEO of the charitable <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t2t.org\/\">Tunnel to Towers Foundation<\/a>, created to honor Stephen\u2019s legacy. \u201cEverything the foundation does has to have meaning \u2014 and this has meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen, then 34, \u00a0had just left his shift at Brooklyn\u2019s Squad 1 and was on the way to golf with his brothers when he heard the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of the attack. The married father-of-five drove to the Brooklyn entrance of the tunnel and, upon finding it closed to traffic, str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed on 60 pounds of gear and walked the three-plus miles to the WTC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephen died the way he lived \u2014 for others,\u201d Frank told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation helps pay off the mortgages of families of fallen law enforcement officers and firefighters, and offers \u201csmart homes\u201d for injured service members and first responders.<\/p>\n<p><!--If the slideshow is embedded in another post type add the inline wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s \u201cNever Forget Walk: Following the Footsteps of the Fallen\u201d initiative started with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon on Aug. 1, followed by a walk to Arlington Fire Station 5, one of the fire houses that responded to the Pentagon on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Frank has been training for this nearly every day for 15 months. He\u2019s covered some 6,000 miles over the past year, hiking throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, the Catskills and SI\u2019s Clove Lakes Park.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"The 3.1 mile course follows the route that hero FDNY firefighters Stephen Siller took on Sept. 11, 2001.\" class=\"wp-image-19060394 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The 3.1-mile course follows the route that hero FDNY firefighters Stephen Siller took on Sept. 11, 2001.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NY Daily News via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s also worked with a trainer, former pro soccer player, Shannon Horgan, whose own father was a first responder on 9\/11. \u201cHe looks at Frank like a celebrity,\u201d Horgan said of her dad.<\/p>\n<p>Horgan, 25, is joining Frank for the entire walk and said that, so far, \u201cIt\u2019s been nothing short of inspiring. We\u2019ve had some wounded warriors and widows who\u2019ve spoken [at stops] about their stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank will be joined at various points along the way by his wife, siblings, kids and grandkids, as well as the families of fallen 9\/11 first responders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Firefighter, Jonathan Fernandez, from Engine 5 in Newark is cheered on at the finish line.\" class=\"wp-image-19060401 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/towers-walk-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Firefighter, Jonathan Fernandez, from Engine 5 in Newark is cheered on at the finish line.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dan Herrick<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He wore Stephen\u2019s Squad 1 shirt on the kickoff and said that he has \u201chundreds of shirts from different fire companies to wear.<\/p>\n<p>Frank knows the challenges that lie before him. \u201cMentally I feel very strong, but I know it\u2019s going to be emotional,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a lot of people praying for me. 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