FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 1, 2014
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.- The Pace Women’s
basketball team volunteered at the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers
Run this past weekend in downtown Manhattan. The Setters have been
involved in this event 12 times since it began in 2002.
The run is designed so participants can run or walk in the
footsteps of Stephen Siller, a
firefighter who lost his life on 9/11 after making a heroic journey
to the towers. He was on his way to help the morning of September
11, 2001 when his truck was stopped at the Battery Tunnel.
With sixty pounds of gear strapped on his back, he ran through
the tunnel in hopes of meeting up with his company at the World
Trade Center. Runners and walkers retrace his very steps every year
at this event.
Pace basketball is happy to support the foundation whose mission is
to “follow Stephen’s footsteps through support of
children who have lost a parent, firefighters, and military who
have been seriously injured and sacrifice their quality of life in
the line of duty.”
The team has been involved with the event 12 times since its inception in 2002, and has devoted the last Sunday of September to volunteering at the event, or in some cases participating in the run itself. Whether it is running, walking, or volunteering, the team gets together and heads down to the city to be a part of this great cause.
Pace basketball has had a close connection to the Siller’s, as Stephen’s brother Frank Siller coached several Pace players during their AAU days on the Staten Island Rebels. Frank has been a close friend and supporter of the program for years.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes.
Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in Conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sports sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
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