HAWLEY CHAMPIONS GUARD ACT AS HEARTBROKEN FAMILIES SAY AI CHATBOTS ALLEGEDLY PUSHED TEENS TO SELF-HARM<\/a><\/p>\n Hold the Door founder Rob Fazio spoke to Fox News Digital about launching an AI chatbot inspired by his father’s legacy ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Fox News Digital ; BRYAN R. SMITH\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n The 24\/7 chatbot, which Fazio described as a “growth guide,” offers voice and text support to help people navigate grief when therapy<\/a> or support from counselors, friends or family isn’t an option.<\/p>\n In a world increasingly skeptical but reliant on AI tools, a team of lawyers, psychologists and business leaders worked together to create Doora specifically for people who are hesitant to seek help.<\/p>\n “Where we used to have people come to us, we realized that going to people and meeting them where they are physically, emotionally and psychologically gets much better results,” he said.<\/p>\n Every Hold the Door initiative, including the new AI tool launch, is intended to honor his father and his final act of heroism, according to Fazio.<\/p>\n “His natural instinct of putting others first was really the birth of Hold the Door for others,” he recalled of his father. “That’s what me and my family have done for the last 25 years.”<\/p>\n Hold the Door also offers free workshops, grief resources<\/a> and community programs inspired by the resilience that followed 9\/11.<\/p>\n 9\/11 VICTIM’S IDENTITY EMERGES NEARLY 25 YEARS LATER AFTER DNA BREAKTHROUGH CRACKS MYSTERY<\/a><\/p>\n Two flags flutter on a fence in front of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center at the Tear Drop 9\/11 Memorial at sunset on June 13, 2026, in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Fazio said grieving without his father’s remains brought unique challenges that he and his family had to work through. At the memorial service, they filled a coffin with treasured belongings that reflected the life his father lived.<\/p>\n “In the absence of a body, sometimes it is hard to grieve,” he said.<\/p>\n That day, Fazio made a promise that would later inspire his nonprofit.<\/p>\n “I’ll never forget, I was in a Catholic Church when we were doing the service, and I said, ‘You know, my dad was a quiet man, but his legacy is going to be damn loud,'” he said.<\/p>\n That promise now lives on through Hold the Door and Doora, which Fazio said is designed to “really walk with users” through grief.<\/p>\n![\"Rob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rob-9_11.jpg\")
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