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2014 Tunnel to Towers 5k Race & Walk

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  • A member of the FDNY exits the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, during the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run that honors fallen 9/11 heroes,
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, as part of the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run that honors fallen 9/11 heroes.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, as part of the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run that honors fallen 9/11 heroes.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Firefighter Frank Hudec of Ladder 79 looks on as runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, during the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run that honors fallen 9/11 heroes.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, as part of the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run that honors fallen 9/11 heroes.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Army members exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, during the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk that honored fallen 9/11 heroes, .
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Firefighter Frank Hudec of Ladder 79 watches runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, during the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk that honors fallen 9/11 heroes.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during of the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • A young bystander waves a flag as runners exit the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during the 13th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • MTA Bridge and Tunnels employee Michael Carrington, left, watches participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk as they enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Members of the armed services wait for the start of the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk at the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. The run follows the footsteps of Firefighter Stephen Siller who abandoned his personal truck on 9/11 in Brooklyn and ran through the tunnel with all his gear to the World Trade Center.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants in the 2014 Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers 5K Run & Walk enter the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert

Firefighters from around the region wearing more than 30 pounds of gear were among the tens of thousands of runners who on Sunday retraced the steps of Stephen Siller, who sprinted through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toward Ground Zero on the morning of the 9/11 terror attacks and ultimately lost his life.

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