In 1979 , Lyden joined NPR as a freelance reporter in the Chicago bureau . By 1989 , Lyden was stationed in London , covering The Troubles in Northern Ireland . She covered the Gulf War from the Middle East . Throughout the 1990s and 2000s , she continued to serve as a foreign correspondent for NPR . Lyden , then living in Brooklyn , was NPR 's first correspondent on the air from New York during the September 11 attacks and reported from " Ground Zero " . In late 2001 , she served as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Jacki Lyden