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9/11-related charity pays off mortgage for family of Brent Taylor, North Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan

The family of Brent Taylor, the North Ogden mayor and Army National Guard officer killed in Afghanistan in November, received an unexpected Christmas gift: A charity has paid off the family’s mortgage.

Frank Siller, chairman and CEO of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, named in memory of a firefighter killed on 9/11, made the announcement live Thursday morning on the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.”

“It’s been very comforting to know we’re not mourning alone, and we are very aware we’re not the only Gold Star family,” Jennie Taylor, Maj.