Marcy Borders (1973 - 2015)
American legal assistant who worked in the World Trade Center's North Tower;
she survived its collapse following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks;
immortalized as "The Dust Lady," she was 28 years old when this iconic photo
was taken by Stan Honda, photographer for Agence France-Presse;
Marcy never recovered from the trauma of the attack and
suffered severe PTSD for the rest of her life;
she died from stomach cancer at age 42, convinced it was
due to the toxic dust from the World Trade Center collapse.
I remember that image. Such a sad life. A war casualty.
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