Late last month, Virginia reporter Alison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward
were murdered on-air by a disgruntled former coworker. They woman they were interviewing, local chamber of commerce executive Vicki Gardner, was also shot---but miraculously, was able to
walk to the ambulance, and made it to the hospital and through an intense operation.
Vicki's doctors were cautiously optimistic in the wake of the attack, and kept a close watch for infection. (The
bullet came "within centimeters" of taking her life.) But, she pulled through, and yesterday, Vicki Gardner was
released from the hospital. From
Vicki's Recovery Page:
Good News! Vicki’s Home! Vicki has been released from Carilion Memorial Hospital. We are thrilled to have her home but she does face a long recuperation time to be back at 100%. Vicki wants to thank all of you for your support and prayers and for respecting her privacy as she continues her journey back to full health. She will make a statement to the media as soon as she has had time to rest up and adjust to her new routine.
In the wake of the shootings, Gardner's condition became a sub-story, buried beneath ledes about mental illness, gun control, and racism. It shouldn't have been that way; but the media, as it often does, saw an opportunity to tout an agenda (or, three or four) and did so with gusto.