Exclusive— Tunnel to Towers Foundation to Build Mortgage-Free Home for Pregnant Wife of U.S. Marine Killed in Kabul AttackBreitbart, Sep 5 2021
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is giving the family of one of the 13 fallen servicemembers who was killed in the Kabul airport suicide bombing a mortgage-free home, the non-profit’s chairman and CEO told Breitbart News Saturday.
“We’re building mortgage-free homes for Gold Star Families, and that includes any of the 13 that left behind a young family. And we do know one of them — his wife is pregnant and will be giving birth shortly,” Frank Siller said, most likely referencing Jiennah McCollum, the wife of 20-year-old Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, who was killed in the ISIS-K terrorist attack on August 26. “We are going to build her a mortgage-free house. And rest assured, we are going to take care of any Gold Star Family that fits that criteria.”
Rylee McCollum and Jiennah had just recently been married before he was killed along with 12 other servicemembers during the attack, according to the Casper Star-Tribune. Their baby is expected to arrive in Septembe
“He was so excited to be a dad, and he was going to be a great dad,” McCollum’s sister Cheyenne said.
She added, “We want to make sure that people know that these are the kids that are sacrificing themselves, and he’s got a family who loves him and a wife who loves him and a baby that he’ll never get to meet.”
Siller heralded the 13 servicemembers killed in the attack as “American heroes” and sympathized with the pain and grief their families are experiencing.
“I have a great relationship with so many [families of servicemembers and first responders] and we cry together — and believe me, there’s been a lot of that going on,” he said.
“But they’re great American heroes, and that’s what we have to take from it,” he said.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/05/exclusive-tunnel-towers-foundation-build-mortgage-free-home-pregnant-wife-u-s-marine-killed-kabul-attack/
