The woman photographed fleeing the World Trade Centre in one of the most iconic and enduring images of the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks has died from cancer.
A 9/11 survivor known as 'Dusty Lady' has died of stomach cancer aged 42 http://t.co/4SPqKbjfrT pic.twitter.com/cHLHUizIaS
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 26, 2015
Marcy Borders, 42, known as the ‘Dust Lady’, had attributed her stomach cancer – diagnosed in April 2014 – to the after-effects of the attack in 2001 which claimed 2,753 lives.
The mother-of-two, who is believed to have died on Monday night according to her family’s social media posts, blamed her illness on inhaling dust particles: “I’m saying to myself ‘Did this thing ignite cancer cells in me?
“I definitely believe it because I haven’t had any illnesses. I don’t have high blood pressure…high cholesterol, diabetes,” she told US newspaper the New Jersey journal in November.
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