I admit that this made me cry. Please read this story about this young woman that initially survived the 9/11 attack. She worked in the World Trade Center. I can't imagine the horror she went through.

I didn't cry today, I thought about 18 years ago a lot but made it dry eyed until I saw this picture. I have seen this picture over 100 times but never really knew much about it. I learned a bit about her today and thought I would share.

Her name is Marcy Boarders. She was 28 years old when this pic was taken. She was working in the North Tower of the World Trade Center for about a month. She worked 12 stories below where American Airlines Flight 11 crashed. I can't imagine how scared she must have felt that day. She made it 81 stories down the main stairwell. As she reached the ground floor the South Tower had just collapsed creating an enormous dust cloud. She went on to say once the dust cloud hit her she was thrown to her hands and knees. Every time she breathed in her lungs filled up with the dust from the South Tower. She was saying out loud. "I Don't Want To Die, I Don't Want To Die"! Shortly after she was pulled into a nearby lobby by a man and that's when this picture was taken.

She made it, she had survived being at ground zero on the day of the worst attacks ever on American soil.

Marcy Boarders passed away from stomach cancer in August of 2015. Cancer believed to be fueled by inhaling dust on this very day. It is estimated that over 2,000 people have died of illnesses related to the attack in the past 18 years.

This made me weep today. Good Night. Rod