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Alison and adam. >> i am a virginia girl. >> reporter: she was a shining star. >> i wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how i snooze. adam and i work the same early morning shift but have completely different sleep schedules. >> reporter: a 24-year-old reporter, colleagues say she never shied away from a story. unfailingly positive, relentlessly hardworking. >> adam ward, news 7 sports. >> reporter: and her 27-year-old photographer, adam ward. >> i have to bring him out. adam, come out in front of the camera. he is the ugly stepmother and just looking absolutely gorgeou...

Never shied away from a story. >> i wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how i snooze. >> reporter: or a challenge. >> my hobby is white water kayaking. >> reporter: in this profile from the station earlier this year, parker spoke of her love of the outdoors and the arts. >> my dad was on broadway back in the day. >> reporter: her father released a statement today saying, i find my grief unbearable. not hearing her voice again crushes my soul. both parker and ward began as interns at the station, eventually becoming a morning show team as staff reporter and photographer....

27-year-old adam ward and 24-year-old choo alison parker were positive, hard working and never shied away from a story. >> i wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how i schmooze. >> reporter: or a challenge. >> my hoppy is a -- >> reporter: in this profile, parker spoke of her love for the outdoors and the arts. >> my dad was on broadway. >> reporter: her father released a statement saying i find my grief unbearable. not hearing her voice again crushes my soul. both parker an ward began as interns at the station becoming a morning show team as staff reporter and photograp...

Friends and families. >> hey, everyone, i'm alison parker. adam ward and i are putting together the final touches on our special report. >> their passion leapt through the scene. >> they informed and delight you said a community. >> adam ward, news 7 sports. >> reporter: a community now in a state of pure disbelief. >> this place is in shock, as you might expect. there's a lot of crying and hugging going on. >> colleagues say adam ward and alison parker of virginia affiliate wdbj were unfailingly positive, relentlessly hard-working, and never shied away from a story. >> i wanted to go through ...

>> you're going to go ahead and place this on your face. you've done this before. >> during his first sleep study, glenn wore a mask connected to a machine called a c-pap that monitored his breathing. when you stopped breathing, the machine sent pressurized oxygen through his airways, forcing them open. >> when you woke up in the morning, you felt -- >> i felt like a new man. >> what glenn experienced was a night of shut-eye that finally included all stages of a sleep cycle. the last stage is called rem, rem, short for rapid eye movements. this is the dream stage of the sleep cycle, and dr. de...