A Hero’s Legacy That Lives On: Stephen Sillers, firefighter.

Marines [left], members of the Wounded Warriors Project, and supporters [right] ran in the New York City Tunnel to Towers Run, Sept. 30 to raise awareness for their causes. USMA West Point cadets and FDNY firefighters lined the final stretch of the run. The run is in support of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which works to build homes for injured troops and provide scholarships to the children of fallen service members and firefighters.

Siller was an off-duty New York City firefighter who headed back to the city to help after the attacks on 9/11. When he reached as far as car traffic would allow he strapped his 65 pounds of gear on ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to join his fellow firefighters. The 5km run retraces his steps to the base of the World Trade Center. Siller died while helping with the rescue effort.

(Photos by Randall Clinton, Marine Corps Public Affairs Office New York, 30 SEP 2012.)

[Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinese Foundation have started Building For America’s Bravest, a charity you can donate to that funds the construction of “smart homes” for severely injured and disabled veterans. Check them out, they’ll be up on the “Get Involved” page later this week.]

Notes

  1. semper-fi-centeno reblogged this from soldierporn
  2. ivegotmyseabag reblogged this from loseegoose
  3. simonavalle reblogged this from loseegoose
  4. chrismendezonomics reblogged this from iliveforaliving
  5. iliveforaliving reblogged this from killer-echoelite
  6. killer-echoelite reblogged this from ask-a-marine
  7. alexandradrewlooksatme reblogged this from do-or-die-ydg
  8. takemeasyoufoundmeorleavemetodie reblogged this from loseegoose
  9. conspiracy101 reblogged this from crazypotatoes
  10. taken-by-a-marine reblogged this from loseegoose
  11. do-or-die-ydg reblogged this from loseegoose
  12. crazypotatoes reblogged this from ask-a-marine
  13. every-n-anything reblogged this from loseegoose
  14. alpacamedic reblogged this from loseegoose
  15. poole-allf reblogged this from loseegoose
  16. pfc-arce reblogged this from loseegoose
  17. loseegoose reblogged this from ask-a-marine
  18. blackyoungandgifted reblogged this from ask-a-marine
  19. ask-a-marine reblogged this from soldierporn
  20. wearestitchedtogether reblogged this from southerngirlshine
  21. gasolinegypsy reblogged this from southerngirlshine
  22. mwickss16 reblogged this from bullsnblood
  23. cav-d reblogged this from bullsnblood
  24. southerngirlshine reblogged this from cav3man21
  25. cav3man21 reblogged this from bullsnblood
  26. bullsnblood reblogged this from justanaverageamerican
  27. justanaverageamerican reblogged this from changingcity-countrygirl
  28. teddibeariley reblogged this from changingcity-countrygirl
  29. changingcity-countrygirl reblogged this from josejalapeno352
  30. josejalapeno352 reblogged this from dirt-mcnasty
  31. dirt-mcnasty reblogged this from soldierporn
  32. nicoggaeta reblogged this from soldierporn
  33. 4foryoumikewazowski reblogged this from soldierporn
  34. ahusma reblogged this from soldierporn
  35. matt-chowder reblogged this from soldierporn