Lake Zurich's Tunnel to Towers Kicks Off This Weekend

From The City of Lake Zurich: The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5k Run & Walk, which kicks off Sunday, June 9, 2019 at Paulus Park, 200 South Rand Road.

This is Lake Zurich’s 3rd year hosting the Tunnel to Towers event, which serves as an opportunity to honor first responders and military service members.

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The Stephen Siller Foundation was created by the family of FDNY Firefighter Stephen Siller, who lost his life as a result of the 9/11 attacks in New York City. FF Siller had gotten off duty that morning and was headed home when the attacks happened. He grabbed his gear, got in his truck and headed back to Manhattan. Upon reaching the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, it was already closed to motor vehicle traffic. He grabbed his fire gear and ran through the tunnel to the World Trade Center (about 3 miles) and perished along with 411 other NYC first responders

On September 11, 2001 our country lost over 3000 civilians and First Responders. We should never forget that day and we continue to honor and remember them with events like this 5K Run and Walk.

§ A flag display is up at Paulus Park in preparation for the Tunnel to Towers event.

§ The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is committed to build 200 smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and 2,000 homes for Gold Star families who have lost a spouse while serving in the military. The Foundation is also helping first responder families by paying off the mortgage of families of those killed in the line of duty.

§ Tunnel to Towers has the highest rating available (4 stars) from Charity Navigator, 93 cents of every dollar goes directly to service programs.

§ More details available at Tunnel2Towers.org.