 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waSeptember 11, 2001, Banfield akanga achibudisa nhau ari mumigwagwa yeManhattan pakati pegore rezvimedu zveWorld Trade Center yakanga yadonha. Akanga achishuma zvivako zvishomanene kuchamhembe kwenzvimbo apo 7 World Trade Center yakawa shure kwake. Mushure mokunge nhau dzokutanga dzokurwiswa dzapera, Banfield akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa, sezvo MSNBC yakamutumira munyika yose semugadziri wepurogiramu itsva, Region in Conflict. Banfield akarasikirwa neshamwari mbiri mukurwiswa kweWorld Trade Centeruye akatsvaka rubatsiro nokuda kwechirwere chinokonzerwa nokuzvidya mwoyo. 