FAITH can get you through ANYTHING: Tunnel to Towers CEO
U. DAMN WON'T TOUCH OUR SOUL. IT WAS A MEMORABLE MOMENT. >> Martha: ANOTHER. INSPIRATIONAL STORY FROM. SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE HEROISM OF. NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER R STEN. SELLER, HE STRAPPED 60 POUNDS OF. GEAR ON HIS BACK AND RAN THROUGH. A TUNNEL FROM BROOKLYN TO. MANHATTAN, HE THEN GAVE HIS LIFE. SAVING OTHERS ON HIS DAY OFF. WHEN HE RAN TO HELP AT THE TWIN. TOWERS, HIS BROTHER FRANK MADE. IT HIS LIFE'S MISSION TO.
REMEMBER STEVEN AND TO REMEMBER. ALL OF US TO HELP EACH OTHER. HE'S THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF. TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION, THEY HAVE RAISED MORE THAN A. BILLION DOLLARS SUPPORTING. AMERICA'S HEROES AND THEIR. FAMILIES, WHAT A LEGACY IS THAT. FOR FRANK SILLER. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE. WORK IN THE FOX NATION SPECIAL. TUNNEL TO TOWERS.
FRANK SILLER ALSO THE AUTHOR OF. THE MEMOIR "LET US DO GOOD" A. BEAUTIFUL STORY OF HIS LIFE. LEGACY. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING. >> THANK YOU. >> Martha: WHAT IS YOUR. OVERALL MESSAGE, WHAT IS IN YOUR. HEART TODAY AS WE ARE ON THE. CUSP OF THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF. THAT HORRIBLE MORNING? >> I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS FOR. SURE, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S 25. YEARS LATER. MY MOM AND DAD DIED WHEN MY.
BROTHER STEVEN WAS A LITTLE BOY. AND MY PARENTS TAUGHT US SO MANY. THINGS, WHAT THEY TAUGHT US WAS. FAITH CAN GET YOU THROUGH. ANYTHING. OFFER THINGS UP TO GOD AND. ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN. YOUR LIFE AND TRY TO DO SOME. GOOD OUT OF THAT INSTEAD OF. STAYING IN THE BAD PLACE. THEY ALSO TAUGHT US NO SHINY. OBJECT CAN EVER GIVE YOU REAL. JOY IN LIFE. IT IS MOST CERTAINLY SERVE AS, TO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY.
ELSE. AND OBVIOUSLY STEPHEN MADE THE. ULTIMATE ACT OF SERVICE BY. GIVING UP HIS LIFE. HIS OLDEST SIBLING -- STEPHEN. WAS THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN OF US. -- WHEN WE FOUND OUT HE RAN. THROUGH A TUNNEL ON THAT DAY AND. LEFT BEHIND HIS WIFE AND FIVE. KIDS, AND HE PUT HIS LIFE OUT. THERE, WE DECIDED -- RIGHT AFTER. 9/11 THAT WE WILL DO SOMETHING. TO HONOR NOT JUST HIM BUT SO. MANY OTHERS THAT MADE THE SAME.
SACRIFICE THAT HE DID. WE ARE JUST SO PROUD OF HIM, WE. ARE PROUD OF ALL THE. FIREFIGHTERS -- HE WAS NOT THE. ONLY ONE THAT RAN TOWARDS THOSE. BUILDINGS, WE KNOW THAT. IT IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE STORY. BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID HE WAS. ABLE TO HELP SO MANY OTHER. FAMILIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED. SIMILAR TYPES OF LOSS THAT WE. HAVE AS THE SILLER FAMILY. >> Martha: I AM LOOKING AT. THESE IMAGES FROM THE TOWERS, THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR.
BROTHER WITH HIS HELMET, AND I. AM JUST THINKING HE MUST BE. LOOKING DOWN ON YOU AND THINKING. ABOUT WHAT YOUR PARENTS BELIEVED. AND SAID, THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. SUCH AN ENORMOUS LEGACY OF. GOODNESS FROM THE PAIN OF HIS. LOSS. I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT HE. WOULD FEEL IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. DO FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN HIS. NAME. >> YES. YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.
HE KNOWS IT IS WORTH IT BUT AT. THE SAME TIME HE WOULD LOOK I AM. SURE SAYING OH, MY GOD I HAVE. FIVE KIDS -- THAT IS THE THING. ABOUT LIFE GOD YOU ARE FACED. WITH CHOICES ALL THE TIME. FIRST RESPONDERS, THIS IS WHAT. THEY DO. THEY ARE A DIFFERENT BREED OF. THEY RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER, OUR. MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM RUN. TOWARDS THE DANGER. WE BROUGHT A PIECE OF STEEL OVER. THE LAST FOUR MONTHS ACROSS OUR. COUNTRY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO. SHOW AMERICA TO NEVER FORGET,
YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT THERE. THE PRESIDENT IS JOINING US. TUESDAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, IT. WAS AN HONORABLE EVENT. WE HAD ALL THE PICTURES OF THOSE. GREAT HEROES WHO DIED ON 9/11. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE. BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, AND. CERTAINLY REMEMBER MY BROTHER. AND WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE DID THAT. DAY. AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR. LETTING ME TALK ABOUT HIM ON FOX. FOR SURE. >> Martha: I HAVE DONE THE. TUNNEL TO TOWERS RUN IN NEW YORK. CITY, THEY ARE ALL OVER AND I.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO IT. BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT WAY OF. REMEMBERING, AND GIVE YOUR. CHILDREN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE. IMPORTANCE OF THE SACRIFICE. BECAUSE PEOPLE HOLD UP IMAGES. AND PHOTOS OF FIREFIGHTERS LIKE. YOUR BROTHER AND. FIRST RESPONDERS WHO GAVE THEIR. LIVES ON THAT DAY. I THINK FOR ALL OF US WHO WERE. THERE THEN AND FOR FAMILIES LIKE. YOURS WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH, IT'S REALLY ABOUT TIME TO PAPASS. ON THE MEMORIES AND INSPIRATION. OF THIS DAY. A VERY QUICK THOUGHT BEFORE WE.
GO? >> 9:59 A.M., 25 YEARS AGO I. TURNED TO MY MOTHER AND SAID I. THINK MY MOTHER JUST DIED WHEN. THE SOUTH TOWER CAME DOWN. THAT TIME FOR MANY FAMILIES --. ALL I SAID TO EVERYBODY, PLEASE. NEVER FORGET THE SACRIFICE THAT. WAS MADE. >> Martha: FRANK SILLER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE WILL BE. LEAVING DALLAS EARLY TOMORROW. AND WE WILL BE WHERE WE KNOW WE. SHOULD BE, ACROSS THE RIVER FROM. THE FREEDOM TOWER AS WE REMEMBER.
25 YEARS SINCE SEPTEMBER 11TH. I WILL HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE SIT. DOWN WITH NYPD COMMISSIONER. JESSICA TISCH AND THE CHAPLAIN. OF THE F.
