-Messenger file photo
Brooke Balkende, of Coalville, stands in front of the memorial wall at ground zero in New York City in December 2001. Balkenende made her first trip to New York that month while working for a radio station in Iowa City to cover the aftermath of the attacks. This photo was featured with a story remembering the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks five years later.
-Messenger file photo
Brooke Balkende, of Coalville, stands in front of the memorial wall at ground zero in New York City in December 2001. Balkenende made her first trip to New York that month while working for a radio station in Iowa City to cover the aftermath of the attacks. This photo was featured with a story remembering the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks five years later.