Ernest Armstead put a black tag on a woman to mark that she was dead after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York - until she told him otherwise The incident happened after the World Trace Center was hit by two planes in a terrorist attack (Image: Allsport)

When 9/11 emergency responder Ernest Armstead came across the horrifically disfigured body of a woman on the ground, he marked her with a black tag to signify that she was deceased . ‌

But to his shock, the woman declared: "I'm not dead." Her face and head appeared unscathed but from the neck down was a scene of horror. ‌

In one of the many harrowing tales from the aftermath of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Ernest's is among the most chilling. In an interview, posted on

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