>> MY PLEASURE, BRIAN, THANKS
FOR HAVING ME.
BRIAN: THE ORGANIZATION TUNNEL
TO TOWERS HONORS THOSE OF FALLEN
FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES AND NOW
MILITARY FAMILIES.
FRANK SILLER’S ORGANIZATION HAS
DELIVERED 350 MORTGAGE:FREE
HOMES.
FRANK ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU IN
PERSON.
NO ONE HAS TO TELL YOU TO PAUSE
AT 3 * MONDAY FOR THOSE WHO
SERVED.
>> MY WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE
SAYING A PRAYER AT 3:00 P.M. TO
MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO
HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR US.
WE ARE PROUD.
WE ARE DELIVERING OVER 25
MORTGAGE-FREE HOMES TO GOLD STAR
FAMILIES THIS WEEKEND.
THESE ARE THE FAMILIES WE SHOULD
BE HONORING ON MEMORIAL DAY.
THESE FAMILIES ARE PAYING A BIG
PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM.
IT’S A CLICHE’, FREEDOM ISN’T
FREE.
IT’S NOT FREE FOR THOSE FAMILIES
WHO HAVE SACRIFICED.
THIS WEEKEND THE GOLD STAR
FAMILIES.
BRIAN: YOU KNOW GARY SINISE
BECAUSE HE HELPED YOU WITH YOUR
ORGANIZATION.
THEN STARTED HIS OWN.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT PIVOT OTHER
THE ADDITION TO MILITARY
FAMILIES TO THE TUNNEL TO TOWERS.
>> WE WERE DOING A LOT OF THINGS
FOR THE FOUNDATION.
I WENT TO WALTER REED ARMY
MEDICAL CENTER AND MET BRANDON
AND ASKED IF WE COULD BUILD HIM
A HOME.
WE BUILT HUNDREDS OF HOMES,
SMART HOMES THAT WORK OFF
IPADS THAT GIVE THEM BACK THEIR
INDEPENDENCE.
AND A LOT OF IT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
THAT’S HOW WE GOT INVOLVED WITH
OUR MILITARY.
AND FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS,
WHEN RAMOS WAS ASSASSINATED IN
22014, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT
THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
X WENT IN AND SAID WE’LL PAY
OFF YOUR MORTGAGES.
WE WANTED TO DO THE SAME WITH
GOLD STAR FAMILIES AS FIRST
RESPONDERS.
OVER 200 OF THEM THIS YEAR.
BRIAN: YOU HAVE A LOT OF
PERSONAL STORIES AND FANTASTIC
COMMERCIALS.
ONE PERSON YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
IS TENNESSEE POLICE OFFICER JEFF
CARSON.
>> WE WERE JUST DOWN IN
NASHVILLE.
WE DID A CONCERT THERE BECAUSE I
WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE
DPOARG HOMELESSNESS FOR OUR
VETERANS.
OFFICER CARSON JUST DIED AND
GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF
DEUD DUTY.
I HAD HIS FAMILY ON THE STAGE
WITH US.
AND I LET THEM KNOW WE WERE
GOING TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE OFF.
THAT NIGHT SHE WAS OVERCOME WITH
EMOTION, BUT WE MADE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TUNNEL TO
TOWERS FOUNDATION WAS MAKING A
COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATE
HOMELESSNESS FOR OUR VETERANS.
WE’LL BE BUILDING COMFORT HOMES,
500 SQUARE FEET EACH, AND GET
THEM OFF THE STREET AND GIVE
THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO
GET BACK INTO SOCIETY.
IT’S ALL THE SERVICES THEY ARE
GOING TO NEED.
>> YOU GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE
YOUR LITTLE BROTHER LOST HIS
LIFE TRYING TO SAVE AS MANY
PEOPLE AS HE COULD AND HE LOST
HIS LIFE THAT DAY.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO
BE PART OF THESE TWO
COMMUNITIES?
THE IT IN COMMUNITY AND THE
FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY?
>> I THINK IT’S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT MISSION.
MY BROTHER STEVEN WOULD BE PROUD
OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING.
HE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES
HIMSELF.
WE SAW THE EFFECT IT HAD ON OUR
FAMILY.
HE WAS MY LITTLE BROTHER.
HE WAS MARRIED WITH FIVE
CHILDREN.
HE PAID A BIG PRICE.
WE WANTED TO HONOR WHAT HE DID
THAT DAY.
THIS IS GOOD AND THIS IS RIGHT
AND THIS IS JUST AND THIS IS AN
HONOR.
BRIAN: RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY
TWO WEEKS LATER IT’S FATHER’S
DAY, AND THOSE KIDS DON’T HAVE A
DAD.
AND THEY WILL BE THINKING ABOUT
THAT ALL THE TIME.
>> THEY ALWAYS DO.
BRIAN: FRANK SILLERS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
YOU NEVER STOP.
THANKS SO MUCH.
YOU ARE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO
DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TOLD TO PAUSE