# Tunnel to Towers pays off mortgages for 30 military families in Veterans Day tribute: ‘A great sacrifice’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tunnel-to-towers-pays-off-mortgages-for-30-military-families-in-veterans-day-tribute-a-great-sacrifice/
- Published: 2026-11-12T01:46:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T02:23:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/tunnel-towers-pays-mortgages-30-military-families-veterans-day-tribute-great-sacrifice
- Topics: Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Mortgages cleared for 30 families of fallen service members.
- The families span 22 states and nearly every military branch.
- A new Harrisburg community will house more than 80 veterans.

## Summary

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced that it had paid off mortgages for 30 families of fallen US service members, marking Veterans Day with support for surviving spouses and children. The move helps provide long-term housing security for families whose loved ones died in service or from service-related illnesses.

The families are from 22 states and represent nearly every branch of the US military. The announcement forms part of the foundation’s pledge to provide 343 mortgage-free homes in 2026, commemorating the 343 New York firefighters killed on 11 September 2001. The foundation also opened a veterans’ housing community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with 61 flats and 20 one-bedroom homes, alongside services including job training, mental health support and help accessing benefits.

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