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{{Infobox person {{Infobox person
| name = Marcy Borders | name = Marcy Borders
| image = Marcy Borders.jpg | image = Marcy Borders.jpg
| alt = | alt =
| caption = Marcy Borders aka "the dust lady" on ] | caption = Marcy Borders aka "the dust lady" on ]
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} -->
| birth_place = | birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death year and age|2015|1973}} | death_date = {{Death year and age|2015|1973}}
| death_place = ] | death_place = ]
| nationality = ] | nationality = ]
| other_names = ''Dust Lady'' | other_names = ''Dust Lady''
| known_for = A photo of Borders, covered in dust from the World Trade Center collapse, was widely republished following the attacks. | known_for = A photo of Borders, covered in dust from the World Trade Center collapse, was widely republished following the attacks.
| occupation = Bank Clerk | occupation = Bank Clerk
}} }}
'''Marcy Borders''' (died August 24, 2015) was a bank clerk, who worked in the ] and survived its collapse, following ] attacks on ].<ref name=TorStar2015-08-26/> '''Marcy Borders''' (died August 24, 2015) was a bank clerk, who worked in the ] and survived its collapse, following ] attacks on ].<ref name=TorStar2015-08-26/>
], a photographer for ], captured an image of Borders, completely covered in dust from the building collapse, that subsequently became widely described as ''"iconic"''.<ref name=UsaToday2015-08-26/> ], a photographer for ], captured an image of Borders, completely covered in dust from the building collapse, that subsequently became widely described as ''"iconic"''.<ref name=UsaToday2015-08-26/>
The image became so well-known and so widely distributed, that Borders became known as ''"the dust lady"''. The image became so well-known and so widely distributed, that Borders became known as ''"the dust lady"''.


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Borders had only been working at the World Trade Center for four weeks, prior to the attack.<ref name=Routledge/> Borders had only been working at the World Trade Center for four weeks, prior to the attack.<ref name=Routledge/>
According to the ''"The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism"'', Borders said that she never recovered from the trauma of the attack. Depression led to a break-up from her partner, losing custody of her children, and several addictions. According to the ''"The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism"'', Borders said that she never recovered from the trauma of the attack. Depression led to a break-up from her partner, losing custody of her children, and several addictions.


Borders said that a key event in her recovery and return to sobriety was learning of the death of ].<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05/> Borders said that a key event in her recovery and return to sobriety was learning of the death of ].<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05/>


''The Telegraph'' reported that Borders had preserved the outfit she wore in the iconic photo, without removing any of the dust.<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05/> Borders had preserved the outfit she wore in the iconic photo, without removing any of the dust.<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05/>


==Cultural impact== ==Cultural impact==


The image Honda took of Borders was iconic; she was remembered in retrospective articles about the attacks of 9/11.<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05/> The image Honda took of Borders was iconic; she was remembered in many retrospective articles about the attacks of 9/11.<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05/>
'']'' chose her as one of the survivors they profiled on the tenth anniversary of the attack. '']'' chose her as one of the survivors they profiled on the tenth anniversary of the attack. Borders had been invited to spend the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at a memorial event in ].
''The Telegraph'' reported that Borders had been invited to spend the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at a memorial event in ].


==Cancer diagnosis and death== ==Cancer diagnosis and death==
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Borders was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 2014.<ref name=Jj2014-11-27/> Borders was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 2014.<ref name=Jj2014-11-27/>


By November 2014, the '']'' reported that Borders's cancer had already saddled her with a crippling debt of $190,000 -- even though she had not yet received surgery and she still needed additional chemotherapy.<ref name=Jj2014-11-27/> Borders's cancer had already saddled her with a crippling debt of $190,000—even though she had not yet received surgery and she still needed additional chemotherapy.<ref name=Jj2014-11-27/> Borders said she could not even afford to get her prescriptions filled.
The ''Jersey Journal'' reported that Borders said she could not even afford to get her prescriptions filled.


Borders died from cancer on August 24, 2015.<ref name=DailyMail2015-08-26/><ref name=USNews2015-08-26/><ref name=TheIndependent2015-08-26/> Borders died from cancer on August 24, 2015.<ref name=DailyMail2015-08-26/><ref name=USNews2015-08-26/><ref name=TheIndependent2015-08-26/> She believed her cancer was ] to when the WTC collapsed. Her death was very widely reported.
Borders believed her cancer was triggered by the toxic dust she was exposed to when the WTC collapsed. Her death was very widely reported.


==In fiction== ==In fiction==


Borders and ] are the two main characters of ]'s 2009 play ''"Dust: Murmurs and a play"''.<ref name=DustMurmurs/> Borders and ] are the two main characters of ]'s 2009 play ''"Dust: Murmurs and a play"''.<ref name=DustMurmurs/>
Both Borders and Gula first became known to the public through iconic photos. Booker dedicated her play to Borders and Gula. Both Borders and Gula first became known to the public through iconic photos. Booker dedicated her play to Borders and Gula.


==References== ==References==
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<ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05> <ref name=TheTelegraph2011-09-05>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/8735346/911-the-people-in-the-pictures.html | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/8735346/911-the-people-in-the-pictures.html
| title = 9:11 the people in the pictures | title = 9:11 the people in the pictures
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = Philip Sherwell | author = Philip Sherwell
| date = 2011-09-05 | date = 2011-09-05
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = Her ghostly image is one of the most enduring from 9/11, though Marcy Borders, then a 28-year-old bank worker, does not even recall it being taken. Around the world, “the dust lady” was seen as the face of survival and escape from the hell of the Twin Towers. | quote = Her ghostly image is one of the most enduring from 9/11, though Marcy Borders, then a 28-year-old bank worker, does not even recall it being taken. Around the world, “the dust lady” was seen as the face of survival and escape from the hell of the Twin Towers.
}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=Jj2014-11-27> <ref name=Jj2014-11-27>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/11/911_survivor_dust_lady_faces_a_new_demon_stomach_cancer.html | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/11/911_survivor_dust_lady_faces_a_new_demon_stomach_cancer.html
| title = 911 survivor 'dust lady' faces a new demon: Stomach cancer | title = 911 survivor 'dust lady' faces a new demon: Stomach cancer
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = Jonathon Lin | author = Jonathon Lin
| date = 2014-11-27 | date = 2014-11-27
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = | quote =
}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=USNews2015-08-26> <ref name=USNews2015-08-26>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/26/dust-lady-marcy-borders-dead-at-42 | url = http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/26/dust-lady-marcy-borders-dead-at-42
| title = Dust Lady Dies: Woman whose image was closely associated with 9/11 attacks has died | title = Dust Lady Dies: Woman whose image was closely associated with 9/11 attacks has died
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = | author =
| date = 2015-08-26 | date = 2015-08-26
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
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}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=DailyMail2015-08-26> <ref name=DailyMail2015-08-26>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211020/The-dusty-lady-9-11-Marcy-Borders-dies-stomach-cancer-ash-Twin-Towers-decade-long-battle-depression.html | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211020/The-dusty-lady-9-11-Marcy-Borders-dies-stomach-cancer-ash-Twin-Towers-decade-long-battle-depression.html
| title = The 'dust lady' of 9/11 dies: Iconic survivor Marcy Borders, 42, succumbs to stomach cancer which she blamed on ash from the Twin Towers attack | title = The 'dust lady' of 9/11 dies: Iconic survivor Marcy Borders, 42, succumbs to stomach cancer which she blamed on ash from the Twin Towers attack
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = Joel Christie, Jeff Maysh | author = Joel Christie, Jeff Maysh
| date = 2015-08-26 | date = 2015-08-26
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = | quote =
}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=TheIndependent2015-08-26> <ref name=TheIndependent2015-08-26>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/911s-dust-lady-marcy-borders-dies-of-cancer-10472092.html | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/911s-dust-lady-marcy-borders-dies-of-cancer-10472092.html
| title = 'Dust Lady' of 9/11 Marcy Borders dies from stomach cancer | title = 'Dust Lady' of 9/11 Marcy Borders dies from stomach cancer
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = Rose Troup Bucnanan | author = Rose Troup Bucnanan
| date = 2015-08-26 | date = 2015-08-26
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
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}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=Routledge> <ref name=Routledge>
{{cite book {{cite book
| url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=vndnozbNRScC&pg=PA159&dq=Marcy+Borders&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Marcy%20Borders&f=false | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=vndnozbNRScC&pg=PA159&dq=Marcy+Borders&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Marcy%20Borders&f=false
| title = The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism | title = The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = Andrew Staniforth, Fraser Sampson | author = Andrew Staniforth, Fraser Sampson
| date = 2012 | date = 2012
| page = 159 | page = 159
| location = | location =
| isbn = 9781136254291 | isbn = 9781136254291
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = | quote =
}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=UsaToday2015-08-26> <ref name=UsaToday2015-08-26>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/26/iconic-911-photos-where-they-now/32392523/ | url = http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/26/iconic-911-photos-where-they-now/32392523/
| title = Iconic 911 photos where they now? | title = Iconic 911 photos where they now?
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = ] | author = ]
| date = 2015-08-26 | date = 2015-08-26
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = Marcy Borders, the "dust lady" photographed in the aftermath of 9/11, died recently from stomach cancer. USA TODAY Network looks at the current lives of other individuals captured in seminal photos from that time. | quote = Marcy Borders, the "dust lady" photographed in the aftermath of 9/11, died recently from stomach cancer. USA TODAY Network looks at the current lives of other individuals captured in seminal photos from that time.
}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=DustMurmurs> <ref name=DustMurmurs>
{{cite book {{cite book
| url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=i59Vo_ea_9cC&pg=PA130&dq=Marcy+Borders&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Marcy%20Borders&f=false | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=i59Vo_ea_9cC&pg=PA130&dq=Marcy+Borders&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Marcy%20Borders&f=false
| title = Dust: Murmurs and a play | title = Dust: Murmurs and a play
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = ] | author = ]
| date = 2009 | date = 2009
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| isbn = 9780615190235 | isbn = 9780615190235
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = | quote =
}} }}
</ref> </ref>
<ref name=TorStar2015-08-26> <ref name=TorStar2015-08-26>
{{cite news {{cite news
| url = http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/08/26/dust-lady-marcy-borders-featured-in-haunting-sept-11-photo-dies-of-cancer.html | url = http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/08/26/dust-lady-marcy-borders-featured-in-haunting-sept-11-photo-dies-of-cancer.html
| title = ’Dust Lady’ Marcy Borders, featured in haunting Sept. 11 photo, dies of cancer: Before she died, Marcy Borders wondered whether her cancer was related to Sept. 11. | title = ’Dust Lady’ Marcy Borders, featured in haunting Sept. 11 photo, dies of cancer: Before she died, Marcy Borders wondered whether her cancer was related to Sept. 11.
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
| author = J. Freedom du Lac | author = J. Freedom du Lac
| date = 2015-08-26 | date = 2015-08-26
| page = | page =
| location = | location =
| archiveurl = | archiveurl =
| archivedate = | archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-08-26 | accessdate = 2015-08-26
| deadurl = No | deadurl = No
| quote = She was 28 at the time, and Honda’s haunting photo of her — distributed worldwide by Agence France-Presse — became one of the most iconic images of that horrifying day. | quote = She was 28 at the time, and Honda’s haunting photo of her — distributed worldwide by Agence France-Presse — became one of the most iconic images of that horrifying day.
}} }}
</ref> </ref>

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Marcy Borders
Marcy Borders aka "the dust lady" on 9/11
Died2015 (aged 41–42)
New Jersey
NationalityUSA
Other namesDust Lady
OccupationBank Clerk
Known forA photo of Borders, covered in dust from the World Trade Center collapse, was widely republished following the attacks.

Marcy Borders (died August 24, 2015) was a bank clerk, who worked in the World Trade Center and survived its collapse, following al Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001. Stan Honda, a photographer for Agence France Presse, captured an image of Borders, completely covered in dust from the building collapse, that subsequently became widely described as "iconic". The image became so well-known and so widely distributed, that Borders became known as "the dust lady".

Personal impact

Borders had only been working at the World Trade Center for four weeks, prior to the attack. According to the "The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism", Borders said that she never recovered from the trauma of the attack. Depression led to a break-up from her partner, losing custody of her children, and several addictions.

Borders said that a key event in her recovery and return to sobriety was learning of the death of Osama bin Laden.

Borders had preserved the outfit she wore in the iconic photo, without removing any of the dust.

Cultural impact

The image Honda took of Borders was iconic; she was remembered in many retrospective articles about the attacks of 9/11. The Telegraph chose her as one of the survivors they profiled on the tenth anniversary of the attack. Borders had been invited to spend the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at a memorial event in Germany.

Cancer diagnosis and death

Borders was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 2014.

Borders's cancer had already saddled her with a crippling debt of $190,000—even though she had not yet received surgery and she still needed additional chemotherapy. Borders said she could not even afford to get her prescriptions filled.

Borders died from cancer on August 24, 2015. She believed her cancer was triggered by the toxic dust she was exposed to when the WTC collapsed. Her death was very widely reported.

In fiction

Borders and Sharbat Gula are the two main characters of Pamela Booker's 2009 play "Dust: Murmurs and a play". Both Borders and Gula first became known to the public through iconic photos. Booker dedicated her play to Borders and Gula.

References

  1. J. Freedom du Lac (2015-08-26). "'Dust Lady' Marcy Borders, featured in haunting Sept. 11 photo, dies of cancer: Before she died, Marcy Borders wondered whether her cancer was related to Sept. 11". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2015-08-26. She was 28 at the time, and Honda's haunting photo of her — distributed worldwide by Agence France-Presse — became one of the most iconic images of that horrifying day. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. Andrew Card (2015-08-26). "Iconic 911 photos where they now?". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-08-26. Marcy Borders, the "dust lady" photographed in the aftermath of 9/11, died recently from stomach cancer. USA TODAY Network looks at the current lives of other individuals captured in seminal photos from that time. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. Andrew Staniforth, Fraser Sampson (2012). The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 9781136254291. Retrieved 2015-08-26. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Philip Sherwell (2011-09-05). "9:11 the people in the pictures". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 2015-08-26. Her ghostly image is one of the most enduring from 9/11, though Marcy Borders, then a 28-year-old bank worker, does not even recall it being taken. Around the world, "the dust lady" was seen as the face of survival and escape from the hell of the Twin Towers. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Jonathon Lin (2014-11-27). "911 survivor 'dust lady' faces a new demon: Stomach cancer". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2015-08-26. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. Joel Christie, Jeff Maysh (2015-08-26). "The 'dust lady' of 9/11 dies: Iconic survivor Marcy Borders, 42, succumbs to stomach cancer which she blamed on ash from the Twin Towers attack". Daily Mail (UK). Retrieved 2015-08-26. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. "Dust Lady Dies: Woman whose image was closely associated with 9/11 attacks has died". U.S. News & World Report. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-08-26. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. Rose Troup Bucnanan (2015-08-26). "'Dust Lady' of 9/11 Marcy Borders dies from stomach cancer". The Independent (UK). Retrieved 2015-08-26. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. Pamela Booker (2009). Dust: Murmurs and a play. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780615190235. Retrieved 2015-08-26. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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