Cadets, leadership run Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk to honor 9/11 victims

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)

About 1,100 cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Memorial Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be flag bearers alongside thousands of other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 75 pounds of firefighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other firefighters, made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The cadets got a chance to hear from Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland and view the memorial down at Ground Zero. (Photos by Class of 2023 Cadets Tyler Williams and Hunter Holt)