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On September 11, 2001, Hanna Born was inside the Pentagon Child Development Center with her younger sister when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. Hanna was just three years old. Service members helped evacuate the children to safety. Hanna and her sister were later reunited with their family. Today, Capt. Hanna Born is a U.S. Air Force instructor pilot, training future rotary-wing aviators. In 2025, she began a personal mission called Run to Remember 2,977. Her goal: run 2,977 miles — one mile for every person killed in the September 11 attacks. The mission is not about setting a running record. With each mile, Born shares the name and story of someone who died, focusing on the people behind the number. She began the effort on September 11, 2025, with the goal of carrying their stories to the 25th anniversary of the attacks. From a child evacuated from the Pentagon on 9/11 to an Air Force pilot, Hanna Born is marking each mile with a name. 2,977 miles. 2,977 names. 2,977 lives.