A survival of September 11, 2001 Twin Tower attack, Marcy
Borders 42, has died of stomach cancer which was diagnosed last year (2014).
Marcy Borders was a 28-year-old Bank of America worker when she fled the 81st
floor of 1st World Trade Center after the first plane struck. She became known
as the "Dust Lady" after a photograph showing her covered with finely
ground debris from the World Trade Center collapse was seen around the world. She believed she contracted the cancer from the lethal dust particles.
That dust was loaded with toxic chemicals, including
asbestos, ground glass, lead, gypsum and calcite — all known to cause
irritation and many of which can cause cancer and neurological damage.
After years of battles in which
victims and survivors tried
to get compensation for their health care, Congress set up a $4.2 billion fund
to create the World Trade Center Health Fund in 2010. It covers people for
health conditions that have been shown to be more common among people who were
at Ground Zero during the collapse of the two skyscrapers.
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