It seems like it was just to give some context to her being a victim at the end, so that she's not completely faceless, but since she's kind of an 'everywoman' anyway the set up isn't really necessary.

They cut the Stan Lee cameo though? Awww, poor Stan!

They replaced it with a cameo of him in the news clips at the end. He says 'Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!' or something along those lines. I'm pretty sure he's sitting at the same table, even.

OMg I think he is at the same table! I bet they just filmed a bunch of different clips with him not knowing what they would use.

I know, I love that cameo, but still, fancy cutting him getting to call Captain America a moron ;)

Actually, yeah, that table and the guy sitting next to him DOES look familiar! O.O

Yeah, the whole singling her out thing feels clunky either way, especially if you're not trying to set anything up there.

Yeah, I appreciate that she's the one at the end that's 'Captain America saved my life' in the montage of many voices, but the close up of her as a victim was enough unless they planned to use her as part of a sub-plot. This extra scene would have been over-doing it I think. Steve learning to live in this new world...I know hints are okay in the Avengers, but too much emphasis on that would go off on a tangent, but I hope we get to see more of that in the deleted scenes and maybe some more in Winter Solider. I like Steve as the bright, adaptable, will get over it guy that he is, and I love the 'bet you ten dollars' exchanges with Fury, but it's heart-achey good to see that there's some struggle there, that it isn't easy. Not downplaying how truely hard it is for him, y'know? /end ramble

Yeah, I think this, like many of the others, is best left to a cut scene. My headcanon loves having it, but it wouldn't have fit the flow of the movie.