you know,

God damn it.

You know, he was so upset.

He knew what was going on.

And at that point, you know, we were just watching.

He ends up going to his place of business.

I start driving.

So this wasn't something new to your family, and it gave you sort of a framework for honoring and celebrating Stephen and then going forward in a way that could do something good.

Thank you.

Well, thank you, and I can't thank you guys enough.

You've always been great supporters.

Let us get the message out of doing good for others, these great heroes.

You guys get it.

You understand that America, you know, some people pay a big price for our freedom, and we better take care of those families.

Yeah, so we had an I-beam from the South Tower saying, that at 9.59 a.m. 25 years ago when that South Tower came down and I turned to my mother-in-law and I said, Nancy, I think I just lost my brother.

How beautiful is that?

And I think it, it should be pointed out that one of Stephen's sons works very closely with you at the Tunnel, uh, to Towers Foundation, correct?

100%, Stephen Jr. Stephen...

So that steel that we walked through the tunnel this morning with, it, it, it ended our, our Steel Across America, uh, Tour.

And we're gonna have it a few other places, but this was the, the, uh, end of the-- It started on May 2nd at Ground Zero and ended there, uh, this morning after we came through the tunnel.

Um, he was there 95% of the time.

He traveled all over America with me, spoke about his dad.

He spoke about other heroes.

It doesn't-- The, the need has not gone down, it's gone up.

I think you guys had around a golf plan and he turned around.

Yeah.

So he was he finished his night shift.

He was going to play golf.

My brother, George, my brother, Russ and myself, the four brothers were going to play.

And he heard on his radio scanner that the North Tower was hit.

He called his wife.

Tell me about that moment and what this anniversary means to you.

of missing

firefighters.

I said, yeah, Rich, I know that.

And yes, we're watching, you know, we're watching on TV.

We see how terrible everything is.

I'm here with my siblings.

He goes, no, Frank, you don't understand.

Beautiful.

When was the last time you did speak to Stephen before he died that day?

I spoke to him the day before.

We went for lunch.

We were at a place called Toto's on Staten Island where my business was.

He was in business with me.

Besides being a firefighter, you know, firefighters have to work two jobs.

But he's been in business with me since he was 15 years old.

And how did you make it happen? How did it actually start?

Mm-hmm

... older than me.

My brother George, uh, uh, end up joining the, uh, the Air Force.

Um, my brother-in-law, uh, uh, Bob Vogt, God rest his soul, he just passed away, um, he, uh, uh, joined the, uh, was in the Army.

He was spent, uh, um, in, in Vietnam, um, and, uh, became a Port Authority cop afterwards.

My brother-in-law, Ed Hannon, he was, uh, was in the, uh, Army.

Um, came back, you know, and, and all this, and so I knew a lot of people who, who, who did serve.

Can you tell that story?

Frank Siller is the chairman and CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which was created to honor the sacrifice of his brother, Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter who gave up his life while saving others in the Twin Towers.

One of the reasons why we have a piece of steel from Ground Zero, it's from the South Tower, going all around the country, and, uh, to wake people up and to inform people, uh, that weren't even born of what happened on, on 9/11.

And, and the beautiful thing about this steel tour, um, is my nephew, Stephen Jr., is with it, and he talks about his dad.

Yeah.

And, uh, and he, and he gets to talk about his father.

Come on.

I don't know if there's been a greater result from the Tunnel to Towers Foundation than that.

That is

insane.

One a day.

And 100 of them are smart homes for catastrophically injured service members or first responders.

Those are so catastrophically injured, they need special things in their house to get around and have some kind of normalcy back into their lives every single day in the comfort of their homes.

So 343.

Tomorrow, we're delivering 55 of them.

I think it would increase.

America loves you, Frank.

Well, thank you, and I can't thank you guys enough.

You've always been great supporters.

Let us get the message out of doing good for others, these great heroes.

You guys get it.

You understand.

That America, you know, some people pay a big price for our freedom and we better take care of those families.

And, you know, the price of the evil empire, you know, Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, they got the price of oil up to $94 today and the price of Brent oil to $99 today because what they want to do is make President Trump look bad and during the midterm elections and to be able to put people in there that they prefer that is going to help Russia and China and Iran.

America loves you,

Frank.

Well, thank you.

And I can't thank you guys enough.

You've always been great supporters.

Let's get the message out of doing good for others, these great heroes.

You guys get it, you understand that America, some people pay a big price for our freedom and we better take care of those families.

And, you know, the price of the evil empire, you know, Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, they got the price of oil up to $94 today and the price of Brent oil to $99 today because what they want to do is make President Trump look bad during the midterm elections and to be able to put people in there that they prefer that is going to help Russia and China and Iran.

we have frank siller we have the great frank siller and of course and of course uh this friday is the 25th anniversary of 9-11 and who better than frank siller who's honored the memory of his brother and thousands upon thousands of others and today frank siller uh the founder of tunnel to towers you were with president trump um and how beautiful a part of steel from the south tower uh right there with the president and first responders talk about the day we love you frank america loves you frank

well well thank you and and i can't thank you guys enough you've always been great supporters let us get the message out of doing good for others these great heroes you guys get it you understand that america you know some some people pay a big price for our freedom and we better take care of those families yeah so we had a I had an I-beam from the South Tower, same tower that at 9.59 a.m. 25 years ago when that South Tower came down and I turned to my mother-in-law and I said, Nancy, I think I just lost my brother.

So that's the, it's impactful.

We brought her all around the United States.

I mean, magnificent places.

We were at Shanksville, of course, we're at the USS Midway, Reagan Library, just so many different beautiful places.

And then, of course, we should have it here in Washington, DC.

And, you know, the price of the evil empire, you know, Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, they got the price of oil up to $94 today and the price of Brent oil to $99 today because what they want to do is make President Trump look bad and during the midterm elections and to be able to put people in there that they prefer that is going to help Russia and China and Iran.

America loves you, Frank.

Well, thank you, and I can't thank you guys enough.

You've always been great supporters.

Let us get the message out of doing good for others, these great heroes.

You guys get it.

You understand.

America, you know, some people pay a big price for our freedom and we better take care of those families.

And, you know, the price of the evil empire, you know, Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, they got the price of oil up to $94 today and the price of Brent oil to $99 today because what they want to do is make President Trump look bad during the midterm elections, and to be able to put people in there that they prefer, that is going to help Russia and China and Iran.

America loves you,

Frank.

Well, thank you, and I can't thank you guys enough.

You've always been great supporters.

Let's get the message out of doing good for others, these great heroes.

You guys get it.

You understand that America, you know, some people pay a big price for our freedom, and we better take care of those families.

during the midterm elections and to be able to put people in there that they prefer that is going to help Russia and China and Iran.

I mean, it seems like that's exactly what you've been saying for 25 years now.

Well, yeah, because my parents were saying it to us all our lives.

So my parents were both members of the secular third order of St. Francis.

And St. Francis, the prayer of peace, you know, where this hatred led me.

So love with, you know, peace, you know, you know, et cetera, et cetera, with his despair, hope with his darkness, light.

So we've been living the Franciscan way in many ways because my parents were very involved in it.

And my mom and dad always said, you know, well, we have time.

Even if it's been a year, two years, 25 years, it does not recognize a timeline.

We're going to

get hit.

And he said that numerous times about, you know, terrorists coming to New York and to America and You know, and he wasn't the only one talking about it, just to be clear.

But so on that morning, you know, he's finished his night shift and he was on his way home to play golf with my brother Russ, my brother George and myself.

The four Silla brothers were going to play golf, which we didn't get to do too often because we all had families and busy people.

And you know how life is.

And but when we did get that opportunity, we certainly cherished it and enjoyed.

What do you want that younger generation to experience? to know about what happened that day you

because

stephen was orphaned right lost a parent or parents and uh primarily with the schools that he went to as a little kid or he went to high school or whatever it may be and so we weren't doing a lot and we're helping the burn center uh new york firefighters burn center and and then as years went on we're at war so many injuries to our men and women serving our country.

There's a kid from Staten Island that gets wounded, lost four limbs, lost all four limbs, Sergeant Brendan Morocco.

And I went down with a group of us from the foundation.

My sister Janice came with me.

And others.

And when I was down there, his father says, Frank, can you talk to Brendan, give him some encouragement? And I said, sure.

Mm-hmm.

It's always been about serving other people.

My mom and dad had seven kids and they taught us the importance of doing good for others and serving.

And they didn't just preach it.

They did it.

I've spoken to those widows that have young children left behind already to let them know that Tunnel to Towers, we're going to be there with you and your family, and we're going to pay off your mortgage.

And now that we have the May and George scholarship program, we're going to make sure your kids get a free college education because they paid the ultimate sacrifice.

What would you like them to know about that day and how things with Tunnel to Towers have progressed since then and what it means to our country to mark 25 years?

I want America to know that there are so many people that are willing to die for you and I.

Will it be at the White House, on the White House property there?

Yes, it's going to be at the Ellipse.

So you should know that we started this journey on May 2nd.

We had it go all over the United States.

We brought it to all significant locations that would be connected to 9-11 or sacrifice or history.

And my nephew, my brother's youngest son, Stephen Jr., was with it 90% of the time, all over the United States, speaking about his dad.

You know, we were at Shanksville, of course, you know, Flight 93, for those who remember that were old enough.

Again, it's called Let Us Do Good, and it just came out, didn't it?

Will it be at the White House, on the White House property there?

Yes, it's going to be at the Ellipse.

And we...

So you should know that we started this journey on May 2nd.

We had it go all over the United States.

We brought it to all significant locations that would be connected to 9-11 or sacrifice or history.

And my nephew, my brother's youngest son, Stephen Jr., He was with it 90% of the time, all over the United States, speaking about his dad.

Again, it's called Let Us Do Good, and it just came out, didn't it?

Tell us about that.

Well, you know, I write a lot about my mom and dad in here because they influenced all seven of their children to serve and to do good.

But at eight years old, you know, we had my first total communion, and we never had any money by any means.

And we had a party back at my house, and I was getting all these envelopes, right? And I opened them up during the party, and I kept on counting the money.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And it was twenty six dollars.

But I probably counted it five times too many.

But what how do you explain it to somebody?

Frank Siller.

Four brothers, my brother Russ, my brother George, and my brother Steven, who was the New York City firefighter that was just finishing his night tour in Squad One in Brooklyn, and then, and, and, and myself.

So we were gonna go play golf.

We didn't get an opportunity to do that too often, but, uh, that's how the day started, and we were all so excited because the weather was just, like, so perfect.

And, uh, just to be around each other was a, a, a very special day.

Frank Siller.

And Richie said to me, "Frank, you know, Stephen's on a list of missing firefighters." And I said, "Rich, I do know that.

Uh, we haven't heard from Stephen all day.

golf.

Four brothers, my brother Russ, my brother George, and my brother Stephen, who was a New York City firefighter that was just finishing his night tour in Squad 1 in Brooklyn, and myself.

So we were going to go play golf.

We didn't get an opportunity to do that too often, but that's how the day started.

And we were all so excited because the weather was just, like, so perfect and...

Just to be around each other was a very special day.

He is headed back to the White House.

I got a phone call by a firefighter, Richie Obermeyer, which was his neighbor.

mission.

I was involved in multiple recoveries this particular night.

I remember raking out the sand as the sun was coming out, dirt, dust, and finding a hip bone and giving it to one of the chiefs of the fire department there.

And they said that's going to bring closure to somebody and I was glad that I was able to find that.

I was part of other digs.

I'd rather not mention what we recovered.

But it was all very sad, and I'll never get those images out of my head, nor do I want to, because these were people's lives that were taken for no reason

And I said, the people? And he said, so they're all around us.

mission.

I was involved in multiple recoveries this particular night.

I remember raking out the sand as the sun was coming out, dirt, dust, and finding a hip bone and giving it to one of the chiefs of the fire department there.

And they said that's going to bring closure to somebody and I was glad that I was able to find that.

I was part of other digs.

I'd rather not mention what we recovered.

But it was all very sad, and I'll never get those images out of my head, nor do I want to, because these were people's lives that were taken for no reason

And I said, the people? And he said, so they're all around us.