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10 years ago, JP Caudill couldn't run a mile. Recently, he ran seven marathons in seven days across all seven continents.

By the time we hit 30, many of us are wrapping up whatever athletic accomplishments we'll ever set out to achieve. Caudill was just getting started.

"I knew running was something I was bad at and didn’t enjoy," Caudill said. "So, I just a set a goal of one mile on the treadmill at the gym."

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Quick! Picture a band in your head. What do you see?

This, right?

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On Oct. 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti's southern peninsula.

Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images.

And as you may or may not have seen in the news, it was pretty bad.

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Sean Rooney was working in the south tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

He was on the 105th floor when the planes hit. Amid the chaos, he called his wife, Beverly, the love of his life since high school.

Talking to her kept him calm as he searched desperately for a way out. But everywhere Sean turned, there was smoke and fire. He was trapped.

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