That event shocked so many. The “dust lady” lost so many coworkers and friends that she, “...fell into a decade-long depression that led her to abuse alcohol and drugs after her traumatic experience on 9/11. In 2011, Borders checked into rehab, and has stayed clean since, she told The Jersey Journal last year.
Borders, a mother of two, was just getting back into the working world — helping with a candidate’s local campaign for mayor — when her doctor told her in August 2014 that she had stomach cancer.” What a tragedy when she was finally getting her life back on track.
Trauma like that does horrible things to people.