thanksgiving last year she spoke with carol costello about the weather in roanoke. alison parker was only 24 years old. as you heard earlier, adam ward was alison parker s photojournalist, partner. ward was a graduate of virginia tech, the station s morning meteorologist recalled how when his co-workers came in groggy, ward would wake everyone up with talk about virginia tech football or whatever else was going on. ward s fiance, the morning show s producer, was in the control room when the shootings happened earlier this morning. it was her last day, actually, on the job as she was about to take a new job? charlotte, north carolina. adam told the station s general manager he was thinking about getting out of news, maybe doing something else to follow his fiance to charlotte. adam ward was only 27 years old. and one of adam s fellow photographers at wdbj just tweeted throughout heart wrenching picture.