Jacket

Child-sized U.S. Army “battle dress uniform” button-up costume jacket. The jacket is standard green camouflage with two button-flap breast pockets. A U.S. Air Force patch is attached to the right breast pocket. The nametape attached above the right breast pocket features the name “BORN” embroidered on the patch. Above the left breast pocket is nametape embroidered with “U.S. AIR FORCE.” 

There are two patriotic lapel pins attached to the jacket's collar. The pin on the left is a heart shape, and the pin on the right is the numeral “1” with solider figures. Both pins have red, white and blue enamel rendered in the style of as an American flag. The costume includes a matching patrol cap in standard green camouflage.

On 9/11, two-year-old Hanna Born and her four-month-old sister, Heather, were in the Pentagon complex’s day care with nearly 140 other children. When hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the main building, military personnel evacuated the day care. Their mother, Dana, then a U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, took part in the 9/11 response while their father, Tim, a retired U.S. Marine, rushed toward the devastation—and toward his daughters. 

As children, Heather and Hanna wore these costume uniforms to ceremonies honoring their parents. As the sisters grew older, the rescue became part of the story they carried—and a model for their service. As of 2025, Hanna is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, and Heather is a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.