9/11 Survivors Still Trying To Cope

NEW LIFE: Marcy Borders, the WTC survivor in this iconic 9/11 photograph, fell into despair and addiction but has cleaned up her act and regained custody of son Zay-den. AFP/Getty Images

Survivor Rises From The Ashes: 9/11 Gal Clean & Sober -- New York Post

She's finally shaken off the demons of 9/11.

Marcy Borders battled severe depression, became addicted to crack and saw her two children taken from her in the 10 years since a photographer snapped this iconic image of her, terrified and covered in dust, fleeing the World Trade Center attacks.

But Osama bin Laden's death helped change all that, said the former Bank of America worker from Bayonne, NJ.

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My Comment: She still has a long way to go .... and she is not the only one who has suffered because of experiencing 9/11 up close. An old girlfriend of mine was in New York City when the towers fell. After a few weeks she came to back to Canada, and has been living up north in a quiet Quebec town .... she rarely (if ever) goes to Montreal or any other large city. Apparently (and she cannot rationally explain it) she gets the 'shakes' whenever she visits a large city .... and she never wants to talk about 9/11.

But .... when the death of Osama bin Laden was reported .... she text me with the message .... "The f___er OBL is KIA. Confirmed". I have known her for 25 years, and it is the first time for me to hear her use swear words. Hmmm .... I guess (and hope) that is progress.