NEW YORK CITY – About 30,000 people will descend on New York City on Sunday to participate in the 24th annual Tunnel to Towers 5K.

Hosted by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the Tunnel to Towers 5K honors the first responders who sacrificed their lives as they fought to save others on Sept. 11, 2001.

Runners and walkers will begin the course at the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, and then move through Lower Manhattan until they reach the World Trade Center – the former site of the Twin Towers.

The course was inspired by the journey taken by New York City firefighter Stephen Siller on 9/11, when he ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel with 60 pounds of gear on his back to save those trapped inside the Twin Towers.

Siller did not return home after 9/11, leading his brother Frank Siller to ho

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