INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - A national organization is making sure the family of fallen officer Cody Allen is taken care of. The Tunnels to Towers Foundation said it paid off the mortgage on the home he and his family built.

The foundation has paid off the mortgages of the surviving families of 21 fallen heroes since 9/11, including the family of fallen Independence Police Ofc. Cody Allen.

They said of those 21, seven first responders lost their lives to 9/11-related illnesses.

The idea is to give relief to families who have gone through so much to take away one of the biggest financial burdens.

Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Larry Olson said, “To have his life cut short was such a tragic loss. So many of the heroes that pass in the line of duty, we struggle t

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