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Marcy Borders

1973–2015

United States

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Marcy Borders (July 19, 1973 – August 24, 2015) was an American legal assistant who worked for Bank of America at its branch located in the World Trade Center's North Tower and survived its collapse, following the September 11 attacks. Stan Honda, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, captured an image of Borders, completely covered in dust from the building collapse. The image became so well known and so widely distributed that Borders became known as "The Dust Lady".

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