SPOT NEWS's video: dust lady Marcy Borders dies of cancer

dust lady Marcy Borders dies of cancer A woman whose picture became one of the iconic images of the 9/11 terror attacks,leading to be known imply as the Dust Lady”,has died from cancer.Marcy Borders passed away on Monday after year long battle against the disease.The 42-year-old mother-of-two was pictured covered head-to-toe in thick dust after being caught up in the collapse of the Twin Towers.I definitely believe it because I haven’t had any illnesses.I don’t have igh blood pressure,high cholesterol,diabetes.Marcy, of Bayonne,New Jersey, had only been in her job for a month working as a legal assistant for Bank of America on September 11, 2001.Her office was on the 81st floor of 1 World Trade Centre when al Qaeda terrorists attacked flew into the two aboard two hijacked jets.She disobey ed her boss who ordered her to stay at desk a move that saved her life.Marcy,then 28, pushed her way down the stairwell to the streets below and stepped onto the pavement just as the south tower began to collapse.A stranger pulled her intothe reception of nearby building the other tower crumbled.Following her death brother Michael Borders,wrote on Facebook:I can’t believe my sister is gone.After 9/11 she struggled her life spiralled out of control.She battled severe depression and became addicted to crack cocaine.I didn’t do a day’s work in nearly 10 years,and by 2011 I was a complete mess,she said.Every time I saw an aircraft,I panicked. ventually she lost custody of her two children she checked into rehab in April 2011.Following her death her cousin, ohn Borders called her a hero saying she,unfortunately succumbed to the diseases that has ridden her body since 9/11.In addition to losing so many friends,co-workers and colleagues on and after that tragic day.