It’s been just over 10 years since a gunman killed two Roanoke TV journalists at Smith Mountain Lake.
The events of August 26, 2015, claimed the lives of WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker, and photojournalist Adam Ward.
The same incident also severely wounded the person being interviewed that day. Vicki Gardner went through multiple surgeries, and was forced into retirement a few years later.
She’s taken time since then to recount what she went through, and her life in recovery, with hopes her story will inspire others forced to deal with trauma…