Marcy Borders - the woman who was photographed covered in ash and pulverized concrete as she fled the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 - died on Monday.
The 42-year-old mother-of-two, who became known as 'dust lady' because of the iconic photograph, succumbed to stomach cancer.
Borders was first diagnosed with cancer in August 2014 and had been undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, since then, according to NJ.com.
In November she said she believed the cancer was caused from the dust of the Twin Towers that completed covered her.
'I definitely believe it because I haven't had any illnesses,' she told NJ.com.
'I don't have high blood pressure... high cholesterol, diabetes.'
She suffered from depression and took drugs because of he attacks.
that photo is so sad too