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Dust Covered Woman from Iconic 9-11 Photograph Dies of Cancer
yahoo news AFP ^ | 8-26-15 | Olivia Hampton

Posted on 08/26/2015 8:09:05 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins

Washington (AFP) - A survivor of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York who was featured in one of the most haunting photographs of the outrage has died of stomach cancer. She was 42.

The family of Marcy Borders first announced her death Monday on Facebook.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 5ththread; 911; alreadyposted; cancer; cnn; dustlady; fifththread; marcyborders; newyork; newyorkcity; northtower; obituaries; obituary; searchdustlady; stomachcancer; waronterror; worldtradecenter

1 posted on 08/26/2015 8:09:05 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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After her diagnosis, she suggested in interviews that her exposure to chemical pollutants emitted by the World Trade Center collapse likely had a role in her illness.


2 posted on 08/26/2015 8:12:36 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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I feel sad about this. For her and the numerous rescue workers who have developed cancer.


3 posted on 08/26/2015 8:13:12 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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CNN article gives this a different treatment somewhat, posted earlier here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3329648/posts

4 posted on 08/26/2015 8:13:38 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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You state this well.


5 posted on 08/26/2015 8:15:48 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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6 posted on 08/26/2015 8:17:57 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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Every day the 9-11 body count for the muzzies increases. They sure kicked our ass that day. It’s too bad the college kid jugheads and Occupiis voting for Obonzo and Sir Hilary of Everest don’t remember it.


7 posted on 08/26/2015 8:25:06 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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How very sad; may she rest in peace, visiting with those gone before her.

Jesus come quickly; even tomorrow would be okay...


8 posted on 08/26/2015 8:27:38 PM PDT by mlizzy (America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe/Wade has deformed a great nation. -MT)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3329125/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/marcyborders/index


9 posted on 08/26/2015 8:31:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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AMEN


10 posted on 08/26/2015 8:34:49 PM PDT by Irish Queen (Not all cults are religious)
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That was one of the most haunting images of that day and there were many. RIP Dear Lady.......


11 posted on 08/26/2015 8:38:16 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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I do too. Their lives were cut short. It is so depressing.


12 posted on 08/26/2015 8:50:44 PM PDT by windcliff
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And they won’t let the Syrian Christians have asylum here yet they Muslim immigrants are welcome.

Shades of FDR and the SS St Louis


13 posted on 08/26/2015 9:24:26 PM PDT by Cowman (As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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Poor lady, may she rest in God’s loving arms.


14 posted on 08/26/2015 9:51:08 PM PDT by Guardian Sebastian (Mother of God, pray for us and our country.)
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Prayers for her. Too young. I think about all the ground zero cleanup people and what they must have inhaled/been exposed to. Lots of folks from there will have their lives shortened or quality of life ruined. Terrible.


15 posted on 08/26/2015 10:02:33 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
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“Every day the 9-11 body count for the muzzies increases. They sure kicked our ass that day. It’s too bad the college kid jugheads and Occupiis voting for Obonzo and Sir Hilary of Everest don’t remember it.”

Or Trump for that matter.


16 posted on 08/26/2015 10:09:37 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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Add 1 to the 9/11 death toll.


17 posted on 08/26/2015 11:14:03 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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