"I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you," replied Bush. This nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens," Bush said.Īs Bush continued his speech in the chaotic setting using a megaphone that projected his voice, rescue workers yelled back, "We can’t hear you!" "I want you all to know that America today, America today is on bended knee, in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families who mourn. Bush called out to the the first responders surrounded by wreckage as they mourned the loss of the thousands that perished just days before. 14, 2001, the then-president gave his "bullhorn address" standing next to retired firefighter Bob Beckwith. Bush arrives back to the White House to address the Nation after the US was attacked by terrorists on Septemin Washington, DC.ĭays later on Sept. John Borders, Marcy's first cousin, wrote in a Facebook post that she "unfortunately succumbed to the diseases that (have) ridden her body since 9/11." I don't see it."īorder eventually died of stomach cancer at the age of 42 in 2015. People look at this picture and see elegance. "I might have been asking God: 'What do I do? What's going on? What's happening?' It shows fear. "When I saw it, I was like: 'Oh my God, I really don't like the image America sees. In 2002, Borders told FOX News that she was traumatized by the attack and struggled to cope with her sudden fame from that deadly day. For the rest of her life, Borders would be known as "The Dust Lady." Instead of staying at her desk, as her boss had ordered, she fled from the building and into a street scattered with wounded civilians and first responders.Ī stranger pulled her into a building lobby just as the north tower collapsed - and it was then that Agence France-Presse photographer Stan Honda captured her terrified face in a famous photo that has since been seen around the world. FILE - This 11 September 2001 file photo shows Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York.īorders, a New Jersey native, was working for Bank of America on the 81st floor of the World Trade Center's north tower when the two hijacked passenger jets slammed into the Twin Towers.