Resigning Rep. Giffords meets with fellow survivors in Tucson
January 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
As part of a bittersweet day, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona finished the meeting she had started on the morning of Jan. 8, 2011, by spending time at her office with others who had been at the scene of the rampage that killed six people and injured 13 others, including Giffords.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords arrived in the dining hall at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base at midday today wearing a ball cap and an apron with her nickname of “Gabby” sewn on the front. She was accompanied by her retired astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, who also donned an apron.
VIDEO: Giffords’ first TV interviewThe memoir, titled “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope,” describes Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ efforts over the past 10 months to relearn how to walk and talk, and her painful discovery that six people were killed in the Jan. 8 attack outside a Tucson grocery store.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, spoke first several days ago and is speaking “more and more,” spokesman C.J. Karamargin said today. He didn’t know what her first words were, but said at breakfast one morning she asked for toast.
She inspired the nation with her fairy-tale recovery. Now Rep. Gabrielle Giffords must inspire herself through the ordeal of rehabilitation, and doctors say it’s likely to be the hardest work she’ll ever do.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left a Tucson hospital Friday and is being flown to a Houston rehabilitation center for her next steps in her recovery, less than two weeks after the congresswoman was shot in the head.
For about 20 minutes, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ husband broke down in a plane’s bathroom after believing incorrect media reports that his wife had been fatally shot at a political event outside a supermarket. 
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