On Veterans Day, Tunnel to Towers honors the men and women who served to protect our country

On Veterans Day, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is highlighting how it supports military families after a service member dies. Its Gold Star Family Home Program provided a mortgage-free home to Gisel Rodriguez and her four children after her husband, Army Lieutenant Colonel Johanny Rodriguez, died while deployed in Kuwait.

Johanny served five years in the Marines before joining the Army, and extended his deployment to support Operation Spartan Shield. The foundation also helps fund education: his eldest son, Jarel, is receiving an engineering scholarship. This year, Tunnel to Towers says it is delivering 343 mortgage-free homes, matching the number of FDNY firefighters killed on 11 September 2001.