and before taking his own life in a standoff with police, the shooter sent a fax to abc saying his plan to kill was set in motion after the charleston, south carolina, shootings, and also admired other events in columbine and aurora. he posted it on his social media account for the world to see. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> again, vicki gardener has rarely spoke about what happened to her and has never talked about this deadly incident in oregon. i spoke to her just before we went on air. vicki, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. first of all, most importantly, how are you doing? >> i am doing well. it's been over a month now and every day there's improvement. it's one of those unforeseen things that you just don't know what to anticipate every day but i'm very thankful to be here and just doing everything in my power to get up and going again.