and here at umpqua college had the syndrome and the police are looking into all of this, looking into the mother and anyone who was close to the shooter to try to get to the bottom of how this happened and if it could have been prevented. anderson. sara sidner, appreciate it. in just a moment, as i mentioned, a woman who knows all too well the waking moment of coming face-to-face with a killer like this one and having to heal and come to terms with it all with your story all over the headlines. less than a month and a half ago, in roanoke, virginia, a bullet came within an inch of ending vicki gardener s life. tonight, she joins us talking for the first time about the shooting in oregon and what her own experience taught her about preventing the next tragedy. as you remember, she was being interviewed by a reporter and videotaped by a cameraman when a gunman approached. we ll talk about that and why she thinks she survived. first, some background by randi
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.
kaye. reporter: vicki gardener never got to finish her live interview. it happened in an instant. wdbj reporter alison parker was suddenly shot, along with photographer adam ward. neither survived. it is my very, very sad duty to report alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out. we do not know the motive. reporter: soon it would become clear the shooter was a former wbdj reporter who, on twitter, wrongly accused alison of making racist statements and claimed adam ward reported him to hr, though that s still unclear. the shooter filed a discrimination lawsuit against the station which was dismissed last summer. meanwhile, vicki gardener had taken a bullet to the back but survived. she got up and walked to the ambulance after being shot. the surgeon told me that a couple centimeters and she wouldn t be walking and she wouldn t be alive. reporter: before the shooting
kids are exposed to violence that is not necessary. maybe we are desensitized to what we view on a daily basis. we are working on something that i additionally feel strong about and that is what we re calling i m almost embarrassed to say this but it was named vicki s vision. but i would say it s something that is much needed in our community. it is a community center that we can all use and, again, make it stronger. vicki s vision, we ll put it on our facebook page. vicki gardener, thank you so much. there is breaking news out of south carolina. another dam giving way. and some incredible acts of bravery. a man does a single thing no one should do. wading into the waters without much help, a pastor putting his own body in danger in the service of souls, trying to bring back coffins that had floated away. later, donald trump gets his
is unique, historically and dangerously unique. the results could well be catastrophic. this just into our newsroom, the woman shot on live television alongside a reporter and a cameraman has left the hospital. vicki gardener who was being interviewed when the shooting happened is now recovering at home. as you know, both journalists were killed in that shooting. gardener underwent two surgeries after the bullets came within september me centimeters of killing her. the vatican announcing major reforms by the pope making it easier and cheaper for catholics to get a marriage annulments. the process is now free except for some small administrative fees and should only take about 45 days. the pope said last year he believed the annulment process