For Topekan Frank Saiya, 9-11 hits close to home. He lost his brother in the attacks and was in New York Monday to honor his legacy.

With every name there's a memory, a story, footprints left behind. Steps that led the path for thousands, including Frank Saiya, "We decided to go down into the lower area where they have the footprints. They gave us flowers, roses to place in the reflective pools those are the footprints of the two buildings," said Saiya in a phone call from New Jersey, where his family still lives.

Siaya lost his 49 year old brother, Edward Saiya, in the attacks five years ago, "He called me and said turn on your TV something hit the World Trade Center. I didn't know he was there because his office is not in the World Trade Center. He said I'll get right back to you and then the second plane hit, and we could never connect again," said Saiya.

A disconnect that the nation stood up and fought against, "The one good thing maybe that came out of it right after, is how we all came together. Today, (Monday) I felt like there was a lot of togetherness again," he said.

It's a feeling he also gets when visiting his family in New Jersey. He's made the trip back to visit them several times, following footprints in his brother's memory, "bubbly, funny, easy to pick on. He was the kid brother," said Saiya.