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In addition to the support from outsiders, the CBS affiliate received physical support from sister stations in the Midwest, with Marks noting that several staffers from other stations have flown to Virginia to help.

\"We’re very gratified by that and all the support from the people who have been here all night camped out and have brought flowers and placards and just want to say something to us,\" Marks said.

Later, at an afternoon news, conference, Marks said hey have received \"countless\" food deliveries to the office, which have been appreciated because \"this newsroom moves on its stomach.\"

More than anything, the WDBJ staff appeared determined to share memories of their lost colleagues. They have been posting special stories on the station's Twitter account, including meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner's memories of Ward’s coming over to his desk daily and hiding a candy wrapper so it would be visible in any segments he did later that day.

Can you spot it? Most see an empty candy wrapper but @LeoHirsbrunner sees a memory to cherish http://t.co/W5lrOAlnf5 pic.twitter.com/UwTd2uQezz

— WDBJ7 (@WDBJ7) August 27, 2015

For Parker, they highlighted a sign reading “Hope” that she had on her desk to remind her of a child abuse victim she had worked with.

Our theme today is Hope. Alison was most proud of her work with Hope, a child abuse victim. http://t.co/FzallC13KA pic.twitter.com/rUUQueuOds

— WDBJ7 (@WDBJ7) August 27, 2015

\"She was doing what she enjoyed to do when she was killed and that makes it all the more heartbreaking but it also gives us here at the station and me and her family the slightest bit of comfort to know that she died at her happiest,\" said Chris Hurst, Parker's boyfriend who worked as one of the station's evening anchors.

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PHOTO: WDBJ-TV7 news morning anchor Kimberly McBroom, second from right, and meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner, right, are joined by visiting anchor Steve Grant, second from left, and Dr. Thomas Milam, of the Carilion Clinic, in Roanoke, Va., Aug. 27, 2015.
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The station's news director, Kelly Zuber, said this afternoon that it's the smaller details and memories that have hit their staff with pangs of grief, including one moment that the sports director had this morning.

She said he told her \"I lost it when I saw his [Ward's] car in the parking lot and saw clothes in there.\"

Zuber said of her employees: \"They cry, they hug, then they get the job done and that's all I can ask of them right now.”

One in particular is receiving extra attention from friends and relatives: Ward's fiancee, who was working her last shift as the morning news producer when he was shot.

\"It is bad enough to find out that your fiancee is shot,\" Zuber said. \"It's worse to be the producer of the show where that happens live. ... This is a really, really difficult time for her; she has family around her right now and is doing the best she can to cope.\"

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