On September 11 , 2001 , Banfield was reporting from the streets of Manhattan amid a cloud of debris from the collapsing World Trade Center . She was reporting a few blocks north of the site when 7 World Trade Center collapsed behind her . After the initial reporting of the attack had ended , Banfield received a promotion , as MSNBC sent her around the world as the producer of a new program , '' A Region in Conflict '' . Banfield lost two friends in the World Trade Center attacks and sought help for post-traumatic stress disorder
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