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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Hour 3 - Frank Siller of Tunnel to Towers

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.511.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Honoring America’s fallen heroes ahead of Memorial Day weekend, with a powerful and emotional conversation featuring Frank Siller, Chairman and CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. This hour delivers a heartfelt tribute to military service members, first responders, and their families, while also spotlighting impactful charitable efforts and patriotic initiatives. Frank Siller shares the origins and mission of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, inspired by the heroic sacrifice of his brother, Stephen Siller, on 9/11. The foundation provides mortgage-free homes to Gold Star families and catastrophically injured veterans and is expanding its reach by building homeless veteran villages across the U.S., including in cities like Atlanta, Denver, Buffalo, and Puerto Rico. Siller emphasizes the importance of remembering the sacrifices made by service members and encourages listeners to support the cause by donating $11/month at T2T.org. Clay and Frank reflect on the bravery of the Greatest Generation, particularly those who stormed the beaches of Normandy, and draw parallels to the courage of post-9/11 veterans. They also discuss the upcoming 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, noting former President Donald Trump’s support for Tunnel to Towers and his plans to commemorate both milestones. Later in the hour, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey joins the show to discuss his state’s new “Troops to Teachers” initiative, which streamlines the process for veterans to become educators. Morrissey highlights the leadership and life experience veterans bring to classrooms and how this program addresses teacher shortages while honoring military service. He also praises President Trump’s policies, particularly on energy independence and deregulation, and outlines West Virginia’s economic revitalization efforts, including upcoming announcements tied to the WVU-Pitt “Backyard Brawl” football game. The hour concludes with Clay Travis reflecting on the importance of gratitude and historical perspective. He shares personal experiences, including a visit to Normandy and an analogy from Warren Buffett about the privilege of being born in America. Clay encourages listeners to appreciate the freedoms they enjoy, made possible by the sacrifices of others, and to take time this Memorial Day weekend to honor those who gave their lives for the country.

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0:00.0

You're listening to an I-heart podcast.

0:06.4

Welcome back in hour number three Friday edition, headed into the Memorial Day

0:11.4

weekend holiday.

0:13.5

And certainly there are so many of you out there with friends and family who have made

0:17.7

the ultimate sacrifice to protect this country and everything that it stands for.

0:22.5

And I've talked about this before.

0:24.2

We were going to bring in Frank Siller here in a moment.

0:26.8

I don't know if he's had the opportunity to do this.

0:29.4

One of the greatest trips I have ever taken in my life was I got to spend an entire day touring the beaches of Normandy.

0:39.8

I've talked about it on the program before.

0:41.7

We had a private tour guide, took the boys, all three of my boys' wife, met our tour guide in Normandy.

0:49.9

He took us around to all the beaches.

0:52.0

So much of that area still looks the exact same as it did 80-some-odd years ago.

0:56.7

We toured the cemetery there where they have so many American soldiers who are laid there in the rows of white crosses.

1:06.4

We bring in now Frank Siller, who lost his brother on 9-11, which is how Tunnel to Towers came to be,

1:12.2

one of the truly great charities that exists anywhere.

1:15.6

Frank, I know you are a student of American history in many ways as well.

1:21.0

Have you ever had that opportunity of touring the beaches of Normandy?

1:25.7

And if not, has there been a place outside of, certainly,

1:29.5

New York City where you have been raising money

1:32.7

and fighting back against what happened on that day on 9-11,

1:35.7

that you have toured that has particular resonance for you as you think about Memorial Day?

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