https://freerepublic.com/tag/franklinjaugustus/ en-us Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:49:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3772527/posts An award-winning local TV news anchor in New Orleans died in a plane crash while working on a story about a stunt pilot. Nancy Parker, 53, was killed along with the pilot, Franklin J.P. Augustus, on Friday when the plane crashed into a field near the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. The cause of the crash in under investigation, local officials said. Parker, who earned five Emmy Awards for her work as a journalist, was a fixture in New Orleans and at the station she worked at for 23 years, her station said. Her colleagues choked back tears as they shared... nbc https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3772527/posts#comment Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:49:18 GMT