The Independent - Covered head to toe in toxic dust, ash and smoke, Marcy Borders's life was transformed by the collapse of the World Trade Center's North Tower. Borders described how the
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9/11 'Dust Lady' Marcy Borders: depression, rehab, back from the brink – then a final bombshell | September 11 2001 | The Guardian
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9/11 'Dust Lady' Marcy Borders: depression, rehab, back from the brink – then a final bombshell | September 11 2001 | The Guardian
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9/11 'Dust Lady' Marcy Borders: depression, rehab, back from the brink – then a final bombshell | September 11 2001 | The Guardian
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9/11 'Dust Lady' Marcy Borders, featured in a haunting photo, has died of cancer - The Washington Post
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