‘The kids are going to grow up in this house;’ Tunnel to Towers Foundation to pay slain cop’s mortgage
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Officer Anastasios Tsakos, a married father of two young children from Long Island, was working a fatal accident scene at about 2 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, on the Long Island Expressway when police say a woman veered into him and fled the scene.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y
. The family of an NYPD highway officer killed this week by a hit-and-run driver will have its home mortgage paid in full by Staten Island’s Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the foundation announced today.
Tunnel to Towers Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for 7th Consecutive Year The Foundation received a perfect score in the Accountability and Transparency category
April 16, 2021 08:30 ET | Source: Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation Staten Island, New York, UNITED STATES
Staten Island, NY, April 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) For a seventh straight year, the
Charity Navigator and a perfect 100 score in the Accountability & Transparency category.
Tunnel to Towers is honored to have its financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency recognized by America’s largest independent charity evaluator for a seventh straight year.
Non-profit organization pays off mortgage for officer who died in the Boulder King Soopers shooting
BOULDER, Colo. (KRDO) A non-profit organization is stepping up to help the family of the Boulder Police Officer that died during the King Soopers shooting.
Officer Eric Talley was one of the ten people that died on March 22. He was the first officer at the scene.
Now, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is paying off the mortgage of Talley s house.
This is part of the foundations Tunnel to Towers Fallen Responder Home Program, which pays off the mortgages for the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty and leave behind young children.
Tunnel to Towers Issues Statement in Response to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum
March 11, 2021 14:48 ET | Source: Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation Staten Island, New York, UNITED STATES
Staten Island, NY, March 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller issued the following statement in response to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s plans to resume the traditional reading of victims names at the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza this year.
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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation applauds the 9/11 Memorial & Museum for giving the families of 9/11 victims the opportunity to read their loved ones names aloud.
Sedona Taphouse, benefitting military and first responder families across the country.
From now through January 25, 2022,
Sedona Taphouse will donate $1 from each Lemon Basil Martini sold to the
Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
These proceeds will directly support the Foundation’s mission to build mortgage-free, accessible
smart homes for catastrophically injured service members, and to pay off the mortgages of Gold Star families and the families of first responders killed in the line of duty.
“I am excited and proud that Sedona Taphouse will be a national supporter of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. We fully support their mission and feel that it is our honored duty to give back to our Heroes in any way possible. It is only through their sacrifices and service that allow us to live and enjoy the freedoms and traditions that we cherish,” said