He Fires Two Shots at Her So She Curls Up in a Ball and Prays. After the Third She Hears…By Amanda Ghessie (2 days ago) | Culture
IJ ReviewWhen Tim Gardner turned on the news Wednesday morning he may have been prepared to see his wife’s face on camera. But, he by no means anticipated witnessing the terrifying moment when a gunman opened fire on live TV.
Now, he’s speaking out about what his wife, Vicki Gardner, experienced on that tragic day as she was being interviewed on WDBJ: “He [Vester Lee Flanagan] shot three times at my wife and she was trying to dodge everything,” Tim tells ABC 7. “He missed twice and then she dove to the ground and curled up in a ball.”
Vicki’s colleague, Troy Keaton, relays that as Vicki was hunched in a ball on the ground, she prayed. Then, Flanagan shot again. This time, the bullet hit her in the back, grazing her spine.
Apparently, he tried to shoot several more times, but the gun misfired and she heard it clicking. When Vicki realized she was safe, she walked to an ambulance with the bullet in her back and called her husband: “When she called me she told me she had been shot in the back and that she was lucky to be alive,” Tim tells CNN.
Vicki has already undergone two surgeries for her injuries. Though the road to recovery will be long, she is incredibly thankful that she survived: “’I know Vicki,’ says Keaton. ‘She’s going to make something good out of this.’”
As we continue to pray for Vicki Gardner’s speedy recovery, we also keep the family and friends of Alison Parker and Adam Ward in our thoughts and prayers.