Just last week the FDNY announced for more deaths in a four day period. Since the terror attacks, 287 firefighters have died from 9/11-related illnesses. “And to be able to enable people to go up the stairwell in honor of all these great Americans is important.” Most certainly our police officers as well,” Siller’s brother and foundation CEO Frank Siller said Sunday. “Many were rescued because of the firefighters especially that were going up the stairwells saving peoples lives that day. He was among the 343 firefighters who died that day. The Tunnel to Towers foundation was created to honor FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller who after a shift in Brooklyn on 9/11, ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the twin towers to help. “FDNY, NYPD, and all the other first responders combined with her courage and strength and the grace of god is whey she’s here today and I get to hug my mom,” Coe said. Mia Coe said she climbed in honor of her mother who escaped down 103 stories from the south tower on 9/11. Many participants took on the challenge for their own special reasons. The event is a fundraiser for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which raises money to pay off mortgages for the families of injured and fallen first responders and veterans. The first wave of climbers started their ascent at 5 a.m., but they weren’t climbing for the sake of climbing. “After the event, as tough as it was, as hot and sweaty the day was, I was like I can’t wait to do this again so it was disappoint but understandable why it couldn’t be held the past 2 years.”
“The first year I did the event was the year right before COVID,” said participant Susan Fiorentino. The event was back after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic. Hundreds of people climbed 104 stories Sunday as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s annual climb of One World Trade Center to the Observatory.
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