News Dust-covered woman from iconic 9/11 photograph dies of cancer

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Washington (AFP) - A survivor of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York who was featured in one of the most haunting photographs of the outrage has died of stomach cancer. She was 42.

The family of Marcy Borders first announced her death Monday on Facebook.

Borders, who was 28 at the time of the attacks, was just one month into a job for Bank of America in one of the Twin Towers.

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As one of the towers collapsed, she took refuge in a nearby office building, where AFP photographer Stan Honda took a haunting photo of her completely covered in a thick layer of ash, which earned her the moniker "The Dust Lady."

The air appeared heavy and a distraught Borders was shrouded in a cloud of dust and backlit by an eerie yellow luminescence.

"I can't believe my sister is gone," her brother Michael Borders wrote on Facebook, asking for people's prayers.

Her cousin Elnardo Borders wrote: "My emotions are all over the place right now."

Dust-covered woman from iconic 9/11 photograph dies of cancer - Yahoo News

[EddyTheDog]

Amazing pic...

[crockett]

Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

Amazing pic...

What I find amazing is that of all the things possible, Republicans in Congress made this a pardison issue and did everything they could, including filibusters to block health care for people like this woman, as well,as the first responders and the workers which helped clean up the mess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/ny.../23health.html


It took 9 years to get a bill passed and even still,almost all Republicans voted against helping these people. I guess they were hoping more would die faster to keep the costs down.. It makes you wonder how many of those people have died or will die, because they didn't get access to treatment early on.

[selena]

Originally Posted by crockett

What I find amazing is that of all the things possible, Republicans in Congress made this a pardison issue and did everything they could, including filibusters to block health care for people like this woman, as well,as the first responders and the workers which helped clean up the mess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/ny.../23health.html


It took 9 years to get a bill passed and even still,almost all Republicans voted against helping these people. I guess they were hoping more would die faster to keep the costs down.. It makes you wonder how many of those people have died or will die, because they didn't get access to treatment early on.

I read, but have not fact checked, that more first responders have died since 9/11 from health issues related to the incident than died on the actual day.

It's un-freaking believable that it took so long to get help for these people.

[j3rkules]

This is such a sad story. We have got to do better with addressing mental illness in this country instead of sweeping it under the rug. This woman should have been helped and assisted for suffering from PTSD. Yes, I am quite sure that the exposure to all of that dust and debris had something to do with her declined health and illness. I didn't see a mention of what type of cancer she died from because that would be interesting to know. Also, in the world did this woman not receive any type of compensation?

[suesheboy]

Originally Posted by crockett

What I find amazing is that of all the things possible, Republicans in Congress made this a pardison issue and did everything they could, including filibusters to block health care for people like this woman, as well,as the first responders and the workers which helped clean up the mess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/ny.../23health.html


It took 9 years to get a bill passed and even still,almost all Republicans voted against helping these people. I guess they were hoping more would die faster to keep the costs down.. It makes you wonder how many of those people have died or will die, because they didn't get access to treatment early on.

So who is the real terrorist?

The answer is above