{"id":362248,"date":"2026-10-01T22:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362248\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T22:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:20:11","slug":"tunnel-to-towers-5k-run-walk-full-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362248\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunnel to Towers 5K Run &#038; Walk | Full Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/npt8mxhp1u48wap9.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer: Tunnel to Towers 2026 Special\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/npt8mxhp1u48wap9.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer: Tunnel to Towers 2026 Special\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-a3924c54=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/video\/fmc-1m9i4unv77j8y4l9\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer: Tunnel to Towers 2026 Special<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Not even a heavy coastal Nor&#8217;easter could stop New York City as more than 40,000 total participants, volunteers and supporters braved the wind and rain for the 25th Annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run &amp; Walk. Watch FOX 5&#8217;s full special, premiering Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; Not even a heavy coastal Nor&#8217;easter could stop New York City as more than 40,000 total participants, volunteers and supporters braved the wind and rain for the 25th Annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run &amp; Walk.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/route-tri-viz.00_36_45_34.still009.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/route-tri-viz.00_41_46_00.still011.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The annual event traces the final 3.5-mile footsteps of fallen FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who \u2014 carrying 60 pounds of gear \u2014 bravely ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toward the Twin Towers on 9\/11 to save others.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/route-tri-viz.00_07_56_39.still008.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">What started as a tribute of 1,500 people in 2002 has grown into a global movement, retracing Siller\u2019s steps from Brooklyn into Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This year, approximately 30,000 course bibs were distributed to runners and program recipients, including high-profile supporters like chef Guy Fieri, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and actor Steve Schirripa.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/route-tri-viz.00_06_51_50.still007.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Every step taken on Sunday directly funded the Tunnel to Towers Foundation&#8217;s core mission: paying off mortgages for the families of fallen first responders and building adaptive &#8220;smart homes&#8221; for catastrophically injured military service members.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/route-tri-viz.00_39_39_37.still010.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In this one-hour special, FOX 5 NY brings you inside the emotion, from the pre-race procession featuring World Trade Center steel and the Clydesdale horses to the personal journeys of the heroes and families running this year.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/route-tri-viz.00_09_55_49.still006.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  How to watch <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The full one-hour special is streaming for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">free right here<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX LOCAL<\/a> at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">You can also watch on TV:<\/p>\n<p> FOX 5 (Channel 5): Friday at 7 p.m.FOX 5+ (Channel 9, formerly My9): Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m.  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The special will also be available on-demand right here, on the FOX LOCAL app and on our YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/september-11\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 11<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/organization\/nypd\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/organization\/fdny\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FDNY<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trailer: Tunnel to Towers 2026 Special Not even a heavy coastal Nor&#8217;easter could stop New York City as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[194,9,12,56,63,65,64,103,848,11803],"class_list":["post-362248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-fdny","tag-new-york","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-organization","tag-september-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}