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9/11 ‘Dust Lady’ Dies of Cancer

R.I.P.

She was 42.

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A woman who became known as the “dust lady” after being captured in a photo near the collapsed World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has died at age 42 of stomach cancer. Marcy Borders had just started a banking job when the attacks occurred. “My mom fought an amazing battle,” her daughter told the New York Post. “Not only is she the ‘Dust Lady’ but she is my hero and she will forever live through me.”

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