I have watched anchors and reporters deliver to the people of southwest and central virginia. They have had to talk about their colleagues. And deal with some difficult situations. Our meteorologist this morning found a Candy Wrapper while on the air that adam ward had always eaten and left someone. My sports trek xx just said to me i lost it when i saw walked out and saw his car in the parking lot. The killer who was fired from the station more than two years ago. Our primary focus will be, as it always is, on the people who have taken from the killer himself. Were joined now by Alison Parkers father, andy. Thank you so much for being with us. Can you talk to us about alison . She was our shining star. Everything she did and took on, anything she touched, and tackled, she axeled at. She was a terrific gymnast until she got too tall and then she became an awardwinning swimmer. Everything she did, she just nailed it. I had not really planned to do the circuit here, the media circuit. Bu
Photojournalist, adam ward. Tonight Alison Parkers father is with us, so is the man who helped to marry allison. They had every expectation of spending the rest of their lives in the warmth of her smile and the light of her love. Instead, tonight they are facing cold reality in the kind of darkness that hurts to imagine. So is adams ward feeian stai who had additional, unimaginable watching the love of her life killed along with allison as she watched from a tv news control room. She obviously is hurting. And so is everyone who worked with adam and alison including the news director. I have watched anchors and reporters half an hour before a newscast be crying in the newsroom and then get on that set and deliver the news to the people of southwest and central virginia. They, they have had to talk about their colleagues. And you know deal with some difficult situations. I give you the example of our, our meteorologist this morning, found a Candy Wrapper while on the air that adam ward h
night. 9:45 rolls around. the lead investigator says, okay, boys, we are done. time to wrap up. she said, wait. please i am going to go on the air here. i have a story here in ten, 15 minutes. he said, okay, allison, what do you want us to do. well, don t worry about it. turn the lights on, boys, they turned the lights on. and they they, you know, they took their clipboard out. and they re behind her. writing, re-creating the crime scene. and they had the respect for her i m sorry. they did that for her because she was so trusted. and such a good person. and, and, everybody loved her. i m sorry, i thought i could get
allison was a consummate journalist. the news editor for the breeze. she considered cher self a journalist, versus a tv personality. she was very proud of that. initially i didn t think i could do any media at all. and then as i reflected upon it, i realized that she is what she would want me to do. she would want me to come on and tell the story. and, and, fight the fight i am about to fight in terms of gun control. we can talk about that later. she made everybody happy. she touched so many lives. and everybody loved her. yeah, i do want to ask you about that fight that you are planning to, to wage on gun control.
the loss of your family. can you talk to us about allison, the woman she was, the daughter she was. thank you, anderson. she was our shining star. everything she she did and, and took on, anything she touched, she, she and, and tackled she excelled at. she was a terrific gymnast until she got too tall. then she became a an award winning swimmer. won the district swimming award in high school. she was a beautiful ballerina. everything she did and everything she tackled she, she just nailed it. you know, i, mention to some of your colleagues, this morning, that you know, i i had not really planned to do the circuit here, the media circuit.