gunned down. wdbj s anchor chris hurst said he is numb after the news. parker was his girlfriend of nine months and just moved in with him. she was the most radiant woman i ever met he posted on social media today and for some reason she loved me back. park er s last interview was with vicki gardner, the executive director of a local chamber of commerce. she was live on air when gun fire rang out. gardner was shot in the back and is recovering a hospital today. as this unfolds, wdbj stays on the story with a broken heart but not broken. because there s no greater tribute to great reporters than to keep reporting. this doesn t happen in our part of the country. but yit has. and we will be forever scarred by it. john berman, cnn, new york. amazing how that station in roanoke, virginia, just kept the story going up.
her and know about how beautiful she was and she called us the cutest, newsiest, prettiest couple ever, and i believe it. and we were going to get married. she died at her happiest, i can tell you that. i was talking with her parents last night. we believe that. she celebrated her birthday a week ago on the 19th. she turned 24. and for her birthday every year, she went to the river outside asheville, and went white water rafting and kayaking. she normally is a kayaker. she ll easy good at it. i don t know what i m doing on the water so we did white water rafting because that s a little easier, and it was the best time i have ever had. she had a great time, too. and there s a part on the river where there s a gazebo and log cabins and it s beautiful and tranquil. and she said to me, she turned back. we were in separate rafts and she turned back to me and said, chris, this is where i want to marry you. we moved in together at the beginning of august, with the
beginning for the families and friends of alison parker and adam ward. but their lives cut short, just as they both were about to embark on exciting new chapters in their personal lives. my colleague alex witt joins me with more on that. hi, jose. that s what s so hard about it. we re hearing everyone, lots more about these two young journalists. they were dedicated to covering their community but perhaps more importantly, dedicated to their families and the ones they loved. allisison parker and adam ward e just getting started in life. promising careers, in relationships with partners who got them, alison parker was 24 years old. she started as an intern. it was there she met her boyfriend, chris hurst, an anchor at the station. they had only been dating nine months but they were in love. it was magical, according to chris, and they had just moved in together. yesterday morning, i made her her favorite scrambled eggs and a smoothie, and packed her a
room when her future husband was gunned down. the anchor chris hurst is numb after the news. parker was his girlfriend. she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back he posted. the last interview was with vicki gardner, she was live on air when gunfire rang out. gardner was shot in the back and is recovering in a hospital today. as this unfolds, wdbj stays on the story with a broken heart but not broken. because there is no greater tribute to great reporters than to keep reporting. this doesn t happen in our part of the country. but yet it has. we will be forever scarred by it. reporter: cnn, new york. our deepest, deepest condolences on behalf of all of
they were just starting their lives. today, if it s a measure of solace for the people who work in this building, for the families, this community has come out, they have put balloons and plants under this tree behind us. more than that, they have been sharing their affection for what news this news organization does for their community. if it s a measure of solace for the families, these two people while they were alive for a relatively short amount of time touched so many people. i can t tell you how many came up and wanted to tell stories about alison and workers who said why adam was such a bright light in terms of doing the work the way they did separately and as a team. i hope that matters to the parker family, to the ward family and to chris hurst, the boyfriend of allison and, of course, the family of adam ward and his fiancee, melissa ott who is a producer who had to watch