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I awoke at 3:45 a.m. on Sept. 30, and by 4:35 I was on a train speeding from Merrick to Penn Station. At 6 a.m., I stood at Liberty and West streets in Lower Manhattan, near 1 World Trade Center. more

10/11/12

A number of wounded veterans made the 3.1-mile-long journey from Red Hook to Lower Manhattan, some in wheelchairs, others with the aid of crutches.

9/11 run becomes one of NYC’s biggest races

More than 30,000 runners and walkers converged on the Red Hook section of Brooklyn on Sunday, lining up near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. At 9:30 a.m. they were off, hurrying through the tunnel and then the side streets and quiet park walkways of Lower Manhattan in the 11th annual Tunnel to Towers Run, which has become one of New York City’s biggest races. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/2/12

Running in tribute to a 9/11 hero

On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller called his wife, Sarah, shortly after 8:46 a.m., when five Al Qaeda terrorists slammed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. more

8/16/12

Rockville Centre resident Russ Siller outside the Stephen’s House of the New York Foundling, a charity named after his late brother.

Path of fallen Rockville Centre hero inspires thousands

Stephen Siller’s journey ended at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, after he heroically ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in full firefighter’s gear. He gave his life to save others. But his difficult path had begun nearly 25 years earlier. more

Aaron Axelson | 8/24/11

A display of bravery as Stephen Siller ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel on Sept. 11, 201, This portrait of him hangs in the Stephen's House of the New York Foundling, a charity supported by the annual Tunnel to Towers Run.

Tunnel to Towers Run/Walk set for Sept. 26

This Sunday, Sept. 26, starting at 9:30 a.m., participants from all over the country and the world will take part in the ninth annual Tunnel to Towers Walk/Run. The event retraces the path that firefighter Stephen Siller, a former Rockville Centre resident, took from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, when he lost his life trying to save others trapped inside the twin towers. more

Tom Steinert | 9/22/10

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