Reflections on 10th Anniversary of the Giffords Shooting
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No Tucsonan will ever forget the tragic Safeway shooting on the morning of January 8, 2011 that claimed six lives. This shooting at a “Congress on Your Corner” event presided by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded the Congresswoman and several members of her staff, while claiming the lives of Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, Judge John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabe Zimmerman.
The unspeakable shock and mourning throughout our community resulted in a wave of compassion reminiscent of the nationwide mourning following the September 11, 2001 terrorist plane crashes that killed 2,977 people at the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, VA and a rural field in western Pennsylvania.