MILITARY MATTERS: Tunnel to Towers 5K in Preston, Georgia, honoring heroes

PRESTON, Ga. (WTVM) - A little before Veterans Day, a small town just southeast of Columbus is hosting a fitness and family event to raise money and honor first responders and veterans.Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, in which 343 first responders died, people in rural Georgia will honor their service and sacrifice by wearing their badges at a run and walk in Webster County.“Each of them (badges) has their picture. We strap them on during the opening ceremony or throughout the 5K,” Casey Dring, organizer of the third annual Tunnel to Towers 5K in Preston, said.This Tunnel to Towers 5K in Preston, Georgia, is one of 100 such events around the nation, raising awareness and money to help those who serve our country through a nonprofit started by the family of New York City firefighter Stephen Siller, who was off duty on 9/11 but still responded and died a hero.“He (firefighter Stephen Siller) was unable to get past Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, so he strapped on his 60 pounds of g