9/11 ‘Dust Lady’ succumbs to cancer

Updated August 26 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 6:04pm
Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.
Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.

The dust-covered 9/11 survivor whose haunting image became an emblem of the tragedy has died after a yearlong battle with stomach cancer, her family members have told The New York Post.

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