CEO of Tunnel to Towers Frank Siller reflects on his brother's heroism on 9/11
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Reporter Lawrence Jones
Lawrence
Lawrence hey good Morning,
family,
it is a somber mad out here
today,
Frank has been walking for over
five hundred miles across the country.
Taking that path,
and now we are here at the spot,
where it all started. For your
brother, Frank,
tell me about the emotion that
you are feeling right now
wow. It is very difficult to
be here thinking what my
brother did. Twenty years ago,
his car came to a screeching
halt a couple hundred yards away
from the mouth of the tunnel,
which we are right at
and eyewitness said that he got
out hopped out of that car.
Put his gear on and started
running right into that tunnel,
and police officer told me
afterwards that when he moved
the car he my brother had
business cards in his car, says:
Siler and sons.
His sons were only two and a
half and nine months old. At that
time I cant imagine what it was
like when he ran into that
tunnel and didnt come out the
other side
the whole journey. I have been on
the five hundred and thirty seven miles its definitely
to honor him.
It has been a personal, very
personal for me this year to da
it.
I just wanted to make sure
America never forgets what
happened twenty years ago,
and I think a lot of people eyes
are wide open, especially with t
events that just happened in
Afghanistan
Lawrence. You know Frank. You
have been on this journey over
five hundred miles
and you have had the opportunity
to reflect about what happened
that day, how it changed the
country forever.
What do you think about the
young people today that arent
aware of the ultimate sacrifice
that a lot of people like your
brother paid the ultimate
sacrifice?
Yeah?
You know. I say that once again
on this walk, I had to see many
young families out with their
kids,
eight different parades in eight
different towns
and many times they just lined
the street.
They are out there with their
young kids.
It gives me some encouragement
that parents are telling their
children what happened. Twenty years
ago
I addressed eighth graders
yesterday, seventh and eighth
graders, I said you guys are old
enough to know the truth. You
know that islamic terrorists
tried to kill as many Americans
as possible.
They did kill two thousand nine hundred and seventy seven of them,
and many of them at the North
and South tower. Here when I come
this tunnel on the other side,
look do you know what im doing
today
im calling the widow of Lance
Column, im going to speak. Toker
H, im telling her that the
tunnel to Towers Foundation is
going to deliver her a
mortgage free home, because its
so important that we all of us
as Americans, but most certainly
tunnel to towers Foundation and
my family do something positive,
because we want to make sure
that goodness always beats evil
thats. Why im going to call her
and speak to her and let her know that she will always be
know that she will always be
part of the, as I silver Sill, Sil
Lawrence? This is the first time
I have been to ground zero.
I have lived in New York for two
years,
commuted back and forth five
years.
This happened when I was in the
second grade,
and I have always avoided ground
zero because of the emotion
there.
It was that day that my dad
became big fan of President
Bush
when he said the people. I
hear you, the world hears you
pretty soon. They will hear from
all of us. That was the moment
that we became unified as a.
Transcript generated on 2021-09-11.