Tunnel to Towers pays off 30 mortgages on Veterans Day

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation marked Veterans Day by announcing mortgage payoffs for 30 families of fallen military members across the United States. Fox News reported that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frank Siller announced the news on the program Fox and Friends. The non-profit foundation provides mortgage-free homes to surviving spouses and children of service members and first responders who died in the line of duty or from service-related illnesses. [1]

The recipient families span 22 states and represent nearly every branch of the United States military, according to Fox News. Individual reports showed local impacts of the effort. The Santa Barbara News-Press reported a payoff for an Air Force hero's family in Santa Barbara. FOX4KC reported payoffs for families of Kansas City veterans, and WSMV reported a mortgage payoff for a Gold Star family in Spring Hill. Fox News noted that these payoffs are part of the foundation's goal to deliver 343 homes in 2026. [1][8][10][11]

Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11 to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Major hostilities of World War I formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice went into effect. Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 at the urging of major American veteran organizations. [12][15]