Getting the assignment to go to the home of a widow that had just been notified that her husband had been killed in Iraq is one of the toughest things I have had to do as photographer, and I have had to do this a half dozen times the past couple of years. I am always amazed when they let us in, and for the amount of time they give us at such an awkward moment.
Ryan Balmer's wife, Danielle Balmer, comforts her 7-year-old son Anthony at her home in Roy. Danielle was notified yesterday that her husband had been killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb. Patricia Balmer, Ryan's mother from Indiana (left) arrived at the Salt Lake airport yesterday evening to prepare for his homecoming a week from today, when she found out that he had been killed that morning in Iraq. The Balmers had pins, posters and banners made to celebrate his safe return home, including a special shirt made for his infant daughter "My Daddy's finally home" it read "It's about time."
Ryan Balmer is the 37th Utahn to die in the Iraq War so far, and American serviceman 3,503 since the invasion in March 2003
Ryan Balmer's wife, Danielle Balmer, comforts her 7-year-old son Anthony at her home in Roy. Danielle was notified yesterday that her husband had been killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb. Patricia Balmer, Ryan's mother from Indiana (left) arrived at the Salt Lake airport yesterday evening to prepare for his homecoming a week from today, when she found out that he had been killed that morning in Iraq. The Balmers had pins, posters and banners made to celebrate his safe return home, including a special shirt made for his infant daughter "My Daddy's finally home" it read "It's about time."
Ryan Balmer is the 37th Utahn to die in the Iraq War so far, and American serviceman 3,503 since the invasion in March 2003
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