The world saw an icon. She lived with the image the rest of her life.
Marcy Borders: The 'Dust Lady' Who Became 9/11's Icon and Carried It Alone
Marcy Borders, the woman in the 9/11 photograph known as the 'Dust Lady,' died of stomach cancer in 2015 at 42. She had been working at Bank of America when the towers fell and was engulfed in dust. The image made her famous; she said it also trapped her inside the day. Cancer followed years later.
Source: Marcy Borders: The 'Dust Lady' Who Became 9/11's Icon and Carried It Alone — The Root
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